> All this was kicked off by a conversation on HN, a center/hub for conversations. This isn't a good argument for centralization. Yes, obviously we need to mee

> All this was kicked off by a conversation on HN, a center/hub for conversations. This isn't a good argument for centralization. Yes, obviously we need to meet in the same "place" for this to happen, but this "place" could just as well be an identifier, for instance a Matrix room. There is no need for the server architecture to be centralized. Additionally, I don't find your example of in-place editing being much better than `git clone` + fix + `git push` to be very motivating. At best, that's an UX issue, not an inherent benefit of centralization. The rest of your points actually stand and I agree with them, even when we ignore the misguided call for centralization.