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For the moment it cannot be too centralized since Mastodon being the main software becomes prohibitively expensive to run.
by boyter 3y ago
For the moment it cannot be too centralized since Mastodon being the main software becomes prohibitively expensive to run.
- godelski 3y agoProhibitively expensive implies more centralization not less
- boyter 3y agoLet me rephrase. I don’t think the current iteration of Mastodon can scale well enough no matter what hardware you throw at it. It’s not designed for it. You would need to build a new system to achieve what was proposed. I suspect that the above along with the cost is why it hasn’t happened. Although you do miss a lot of what’s going on by not being on one of the larger instances.