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I love that I'm actually using essentially a protocol, instead of a corporate service. The discussion here is good, there is a lot of interest in the "old web" which I'm fascinated in, and the place has just enough users to feel comfy and not absolutely chaotic. It's awesome.
Reddit really started as a "Oh cool, just a couple dudes running this, not like a big corporation" and proved that even then eventually it'll all end up the same way. Here we are now, on a new platform that literally can't switch to that direction. I'm loving it
I feel like mega-instances could kinda do that. Not to the same extent. But imgaine if there's three or so servers with 90% of the users, and they decide to start de-federating from everyone else. Or selectively doing so.
That's true, that's a problem that needs to be solved. I'm all for block the stuff you don't like, but that does pose a risk later down the road