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The argument that centralization is need for discoverability is pretty shallow. Good federation does the same thing. > We could bounce back on a new platform a

• lucideer 6y ago
  > The argument that centralization is need for discoverability is pretty shallow. Good federation does the same thing. I think this completely misses Daniel's point. He's not talking about centralization. Discovery is based on network effect and network effect alone: that can be present in a centralized / federated / decentralized system; the only question is which of these systems currently owns the network effect. In this case, it's inarguably Github. One could argue that curl has a bit enough following that they "use their influence for good" that's a different prerogative based question. > But agreeing on a platform takes longer, so might as well build up some alternatives now. Alternatives are easy to find, and perhaps more importantly, they come and go. If you're not planning on migrating immediately, looking at the current set of alternatives is a waste of time; they may change.