Sounds like a very powerful idea. I come from a time before email was free, and I can imagine the hassle today if I didn't have access to say my Gmail that's been going for+20 years now. So with this simple example of self hosting identify I can see massive upsides.

I don't understand fedivwrse at all but I can see how this would take it to the next level. Ietf has a lot of weight so it's another plus to reduce the weight of IEEE and US dependency.

[–] MissesAutumnRains@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 4 days ago

Exactly! On the a.roomy.place there's a good, non-technical breakdown on what makes the concept good and what flaws it has, but the core of it is the concept of owning your own identity. The idea of "login with Google/Facebook" significantly reduces internet freedom, this gives you a way to "login as yourself", beyond the ownership of a company. That's the big boon here. With the IETF lending some credence to it now, it's a good sign that self-hosted identity for your public presence will be adopted into the mainstream and a less locked-down internet is on the horizon.

/over-enthusiastic optimism