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Should we also take a serious look at properly governed centralised solutions instead of federations decentralisation? What about a non-profit running a platform with democratic governance? (feddit.de)
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While the second paragraph has been slightly debunked, the first paragraph is an interesting idea I've underappreciated/neglected until now.

What do you think? Perhaps this is easier/more-scaleable than having federated instances with decentralised and often complex governance?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Federation will live forever, it's not that certain with anything centralised.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yes and no.

Usenet is decentralised but hardly any relevant discussions in society happen there. (Unless you prove me wrong.)

What matters is that the platform in question is useable and solved relevant communication/coordination problems. And it's not clear, that one is always better than the other.

For Blockchains and crypto, automation and decentralisation works well in hand. But for softer topics like like aggregation forums, it's not clear IMO.