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minus-squareIaparlinkfedilinkEnglish3•4 hours agoHow is mastodon not just a bunch of centralized platforms? Sure the servers communicate with each other but the content is still just on one of them. Goes the server, so goes the content. Or am I mistaking? If it is like I say I feel it is more trading Hitler in for, potentially, a bunch of smaller Hitlers.
minus-square@LanthanaelinkEnglish1•2 hours ago a bunch of centralized platforms? This is what decentralized means. If your home instance goes to shit, you can just move your account to another one.
How is mastodon not just a bunch of centralized platforms?
Sure the servers communicate with each other but the content is still just on one of them. Goes the server, so goes the content.
Or am I mistaking?
If it is like I say I feel it is more trading Hitler in for, potentially, a bunch of smaller Hitlers.
This is what decentralized means. If your home instance goes to shit, you can just move your account to another one.