>This looks like a networking protocol, but this is actually process for electing the main node in the network, which will eventually revert it back to the mean

>This looks like a networking protocol, but this is actually process for electing the main node in the network, which will eventually revert it back to the mean of centralization. Let's see how Mastodon scales. You are missing the point. The fact that some instances will get way bigger than others is fine. People will choose whatever instance they prefer and will have that power. This will allow for heavily curated instances as well as more free ones. You choose your poison. You can't do that on other platforms.