> If moderation is done globally, and I can't exercise any control over the prioritization of content beyond what is granted to me by the global provider (even

> If moderation is done globally, and I can't exercise any control over the prioritization of content beyond what is granted to me by the global provider (even though there are more and better choices than 'old social'), what's the benefit of running a federated node? Running your own server (aka PDS) allows you to post content that might be blocked on other servers. The "global" moderation in BlueSky is also federated. Anyone can provide a weighted feed, search engine or other content discovery service (aka AppView) by crawling servers or other indexers (aka Relay). This is like what google/bing/ddg does for webpages. The user can then apply their own moderation to the results returned by the aggretator/indexer of their choice. This like running an add blocker.