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.</p><hr/><divclass="e-content"><blockquote><p>Referenced by: <ahref="/garden/commune/">Commune</a>, <ahref="/garden/fedi-v2/">Fedi v2</a>, <ahref="/garden/matrix/">Matrix</a>, <ahref="/garden/social-media/">Social Media</a></p></blockquote><blockquote><p>Tagged by: <ahref="/garden/atproto/">ATProto</a>, <ahref="/garden/activitypub/">ActivityPub</a>, <ahref="/garden/federated-identity/">Federated Identity</a>, <ahref="/garden/fediverse/">Fediverse</a>, <ahref="/garden/nostr/">Nostr</a></p></blockquote><p>Something with no central source of authority</p><p>Common examples:</p><ul><li>RSS</li><li>Email</li><li>The <ahref="/garden/fediverse/">Fediverse</a></li></ul><p>In practice, the "pick a server" problem causes email and the fediverse to trend towards a handful of large servers that still suffer from some of the issues of centralization</p><p>Advantages over centralization:</p><ul><li>Data ownership</li><li>Increased privacy</li><li>No rules to follow</li><li>Can fully customize your experience</li><li>No single entity can make the experience worse for everyone</li><li>Anyone and everyone can try their hand at improving the ecosystem</li></ul></div></div></div></article></main><!----><!--[--><!--]--></div></div></div><!--[--><!--]--></div></div><!----><!--[--><footerclass="vp-doc"data-v-90dd949c><divdata-v-90dd949c>CC 2024 The Paper Pilot. <arel="license"href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/"data-v-90dd949c>CC BY-NC-SA 4.0</a>.</div><divdata-v-90dd949c>Any and all opinions listed here are my own and not representative of my employers; future, past and present.</div><divdata-v-90dd949c><ahref="https://resume.incremental.social/thepaperpilot/thepaperpilot"data-v-90dd949c>Resume</a> (not actively seeking new opportunities).</div><divdata-v-90dd949c>Site built from <ahref="https://code.incremental.social/thepaperpilot/pages/commit/0751d271be8d7a17f038a7a6e4b0651d5dbbfa00"data-v-90dd949c>this commit</a> on <timedata-v-90dd949c>Saturday, June 15, 2024 at 11:24:33</time>.</div></footer><!--]--></div></div>