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<h1 class="p-name">Decentralized</h1>
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<details><summary>Referenced by:</summary><a href="/garden/commune/index.md">Commune</a><a href="/garden/fedi-v2/index.md">Fedi v2</a><a href="/garden/matrix/index.md">Matrix</a><a href="/garden/social-media/index.md">Social Media</a></details>

<details><summary>Tagged by:</summary><a href="/garden/activitypub/index.md">ActivityPub</a><a href="/garden/atproto/index.md">ATProto</a><a href="/garden/federated-identity/index.md">Federated Identity</a><a href="/garden/fediverse/index.md">Fediverse</a><a href="/garden/nostr/index.md">Nostr</a></details>

Something with no central source of authority

Common examples:
- RSS
- Email
- The [Fediverse](/garden/fediverse/index.md)

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

Advantages over centralization:
- Data ownership
- Increased privacy
- No rules to follow
- Can fully customize your experience
- No single entity can make the experience worse for everyone
- Anyone and everyone can try their hand at improving the ecosystem