design around ease of self-hosting. A non technical user must be able to self host easily and at a very low cost.
Embrace content sorting and filtering algorithms, but on the client side, with optional control by the user.
Standardize tags on all content. So many of the different ways different platforms classify or organize content can be implemented as tags, which increases interoperability between them.
Abandon obsession with real-time-first implementations for use cases that don't explicitly need it.
Transferable user identity (between instances)
User identity and authentication as separate service from social network instance

Would love to hear yours!

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[–] matcha_addict@lemy.lol 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I'm so far paging, and it's so annoying this isn't the default design on the fediverse.

On 4, I also agree, but what's the best alternative?

[–] lambalicious@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 19 hours ago

On 4, I also agree, but what’s the best alternative?

Fuck if I know, tbh. Whatever i2p and/or IPFS are doing, I guess? While removing a central authority is a good idea, I think the more pressing matter is to remove external authority. DNS registrars are not part of the fediverse in terms of being community or people, and thus are a notorious weak point.