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> A central server is better if they have a good moderation plan built in. "An authoritarian regime is better if they have a good dictator and the proper watch

• Spivak 4y ago
  Call it what you want but yes, having strong empowered opinionated leadership has proven over and over to make products people prefer. This site is one of them. It’s why freedom as in anarchy social media sites keep becoming far right nazi cesspools. Nobody who isn’t one of them wants to be around them. I don’t have to worry all that much on here because when the insane green accounts come around replying to me with death threats they’re immediately deleted.
  • rakoo 4y ago
    I absolutely disagree. Far-right forums also has a strong empowered leadership and it doesn't make them pleasant for you or I to go. It's also a product some people prefer, just not us. Absence of hierarchy and ruler is also the norm in Usenet, and the community as put processes for everyone to manage lunatics without the need of a central authority. "Freedom", or rather control, allows a community to choose for themselves. I don't agree with everything here, for example, and I don't have the power to change things, but that's alright because I can live with that. On the other hand I have my own Fediverse instance which means I can choose what I see and what I don't see. I still believe it's important.