• Giffen
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    Social networks are inherently monopolistic because people follow the crowd, and federation is meant to counteract that tendency toward userbase consolidation.

    It’s just that network effects are real. I want to be where all the smart, fun people are, not on a ded site or nazi island. I don’t really care about who’s on my instance, just who’s on the network. Federation and decentralization were never huge selling points for me. And as Mastodon demonstrated, most people just want to log onto a big network and don’t care or want to think about instances.

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      I feel the same. I don’t care about the instance, I just want to interact with the communities.

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      I think your point is valid. Federation and decentralization are my main seeking points. i think it’s exciting that one instance can cut off instances that aren’t working for them. The power to cut off bad actors is huge.

      That said I don’t understand why they are. They said something about moderation, but I funny know what that means. Creating a safe space for such a large community is tough. Idk.

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      undefined> I want to be where all the smart, fun people are

      Hence why you’re on lemmy.ml! :)