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   eris (eris@akko.disqordia.space)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 07:05:37 JST eris
   @winter Yeah there's this misconception that centralization is what makes minorities safer...
   
   But at best all that really is moderation from an algorithm that implements keyword bans and a team of mods to handle more general reports, which any instance can do. There's nothing about a fedi instance that makes this any less safe except that you still have to employ those tools rather than rely on X or Bluesky to employ them for you.
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     eris (eris@akko.disqordia.space)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 07:48:28 JST eris

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     @subtype @winter aren't all those true here too if you simply don't federate your instance
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     subtype (subtype@insufferable.tools)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 07:48:29 JST subtype

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     @eris @winter Eh, centralized services have some benefits. They can have blocks (not just mutes) that work without being published to third parties, thorough deletion of posts, private posts that won't be automatically converted to public by someone, for better ir worse also control API access, etc. Of course, that depends on the admins not being malicious or incompetent, but at least there's fewer of them (though in any case screenshots exist).
     
     ActivityPub bugs me in that for a users who aren't tech savvy it's hard to tell which features are actually enforced, which are at best speed bumps for a dedicated attacker, and what are just customs created by yelling loudly. People may click "block" not understanding that by necessity (well, I delibrately disabled it on my server, but I don't think it's a popular choice) it sends a `Block` activity to the recipients server which may do with that whatever it wants. Or get horrified when they find out soneone runs a ConvertNonDirectToPublic MRF.
     
     And even before malice there's always plenty of bugs, like deletes not federating properly, blocks not working on dotsocial sometimes where it's probably not on purpose, etc.
     
     I think there are tradeoffs, and while I ultimately prefer fedi, it's not nice when people shill decentralized services without mentioning any of those, and also throw schadenfreude parties when centralized ones like Cohost fold.
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     subtype (subtype@insufferable.tools)'s status on Friday, 09-Feb-2024 08:02:12 JST subtype

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     @eris @winter well okay you're right I didn't think of that :neocat_scream_stare_256:
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