> I'm under the impression that the claims of Mastodon include "self-moderation" That's "the instances moderate themselves", really, not "the users moderate th

> I'm under the impression that the claims of Mastodon include "self-moderation" That's "the instances moderate themselves", really, not "the users moderate themselves". With large numbers of users, you'll need assigned moderators. > because of its supposed decentralization, 24/7 uptime is not needed for any one instance Not sure where you've got that idea - decentralisation just means that I can talk to other instances from mine. But if mine is down, I can't log into another one with my account details and carry on Just Like That. > If it's not like that, then claims for its decentralization are highly overblown. If you're understanding "decentralised" to mean "seeded like a torrent", yeah, it'll seem highly overblown but at the same time it'd be very wrong.