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Yeah, the only people who pragmatically need decentralization are people who are being censored but that's very few people. So everyone incurs extra complexity
by wmf 2y ago
Yeah, the only people who pragmatically need decentralization are people who are being censored but that's very few people. So everyone incurs extra complexity to benefit a small minority.
I used AppEngine to host mine; they forced everyone to migrate to Python 3 after I'd built it, and I never bothered to update it
This is caused by you writing custom software, not by decentralization. If you were running some off-the-shelf software like WordPress it would probably be updated to keep pace with the world so you wouldn't have to do much.
- sangnoir 2y ago> Yeah, the only people who pragmatically need decentralization are people who are being censored but that's very few people. There is a larger group of people who are frequently harassed but don't have sufficient control to prevent harassment on Twitter, for instance the recent change in what the block button does. With decentralization, one can self-host on their terms, or find one with like-minded people and have more stringent controls on both incoming and outgoing messages, via blocks or defederating unmoderated or otherwise disagreeable instances.
- fsflover 2y ago> the only people who pragmatically need decentralization are people who are being censored but that's very few people. Are you suggesting that journalists and activists should have their own, separate social network?
- wmf 2y agoNo, that would mostly defeat the point of social networking.