The web promised small business techno-utopia, instead everything is centralized

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  • >Mastodon doesn’t speak for decentralization

    That's kind of the point, IMHO.

    Mastodon doesn't speak for decentralization, it is decentralized. And that's not really splitting hairs here, it's an important distinction.

    I could set up a Mastodon instance (although Writefreely[1] and Pixelfed[2] are more my speed) that advocated for centralized everything. I could even ban folks who argue for decentralization and delete any comments they make in favor of same.

    It's a tool that allows folks to speak for themselves, without a central corporate authority dictating what's acceptable and what isn't.

    If you don't like a particular Fediverse[0] instance, move to another one or set one up for yourself.

    [0] https://fediverse.party/

    [1] https://writefreely.org/

    [2] https://fediverse.party/en/pixelfed/

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