Decentralized

185 words, ~1 minute read. Planted 13 days ago . Last tended to 11 days ago .

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Referenced by: Commune, Fedi v2, Matrix, Social Media

Tagged by: ATProto, ActivityPub, Federated Identity, Fediverse, Nostr

Something with no central source of authority

Common examples:

• RSS
• Email
• The Fediverse

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