> Decentralization promotes an utopian view of the world that I belief fails to address actual real problems in practice. People have mentioned email, but what

> Decentralization promotes an utopian view of the world that I belief fails to address actual real problems in practice. People have mentioned email, but what about DNS? RIPE/ip4 routing? Small, federateted invite-only, self-hostable communities seem exactly the right fit for social media. The gatekeepers know their users (invite only). Instances can be small, easier to agree on a culture/moderation policy. Federation allows cross-pollination of ideas across communities. For example, with DNS most people (with internet access, I think) can register a domain, but not everyone can register a .no/Norwegian domain. The organization (NORID) that has delegated authority for the zone, knows Norway. It has a priv.no subdomain, and it knows about government entities an municipalities that we've decided should have special status. This is a pretty great example of efficient decentralized authority. There are other registrars that have decided to organize things differently, like Tuvalu - but that doesn't really impact NORID as such.