Totally agree that the centralization by massive companies is a problem here. I don't think decentralization will fix it though. Mastodon tried this, specifica

Totally agree that the centralization by massive companies is a problem here. I don't think decentralization will fix it though. Mastodon tried this, specifically with federation as an attempt to decentralize. As long as people try to use it similar to a centralized platform like Twitterz the moderation problems only get worse. You end up with more moderators with less accountability all trying to moderate both their smaller circle and everything from the outside world too. The only way I see fixing it with a different network model is by going for a fragmented system. Think 90s era forums, very group is its own small bubble and is never attempting to he part of some unified global town square.