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Decentralisation isn't perfect, and has its problems. That doesn't mean it's the same as centralisation.
by notRobot 3y ago
Decentralisation isn't perfect, and has its problems. That doesn't mean it's the same as centralisation.
- Dalewyn 3y agoDecentralization is a loosely connected network of peers not reliant on one or the other. The loss or gain of a peer or peers is of no significant consequence to the peers at large. Centralization is a network of peers all connected to one hub, reliant on the hub to provide spokes to other peers at large. The "fediverse" as far as I can tell is a collection of many separate networks that refuse to speak with other networks (for ideological reasons at that, rather than technical), each network acting as a hub and providing spokes to their peers. It's centralization ("Lemmy", et al.) within a centralization ("fediverse") within a decentralization (internet).