Well, that’s true as well, I suppose. my point was that as entropy increases, useful energy decreases, and vice versa. Your comment made it seem like the opposite
Regular social networks run on data centres with just as much redundancy and decentralisation from the technical perspective. If anything, in the Fediverse only content that people actively seek gets duplicated to other instances, so the overall energy requirement is smaller.
On the other hand, I can’t compare the effectiveness of small Pi computers people running at home for their instances, and huge server farms. I guess it’s comparable to some degree, as most likely both use some shared resources and are also used for other things.
Usefulness of energy
I think you might have that concept backwards, so the fediverse would have the least entropy out of all the social networks
Well no because it is more spread out and chaotic
Well, that’s true as well, I suppose. my point was that as entropy increases, useful energy decreases, and vice versa. Your comment made it seem like the opposite
Regular social networks run on data centres with just as much redundancy and decentralisation from the technical perspective. If anything, in the Fediverse only content that people actively seek gets duplicated to other instances, so the overall energy requirement is smaller.
On the other hand, I can’t compare the effectiveness of small Pi computers people running at home for their instances, and huge server farms. I guess it’s comparable to some degree, as most likely both use some shared resources and are also used for other things.
Ok. What is energy in this context? Is it the literal electricity that keeps instances alive? Is it the motivation for people to post and discuss?