Decentralization is hollow when only a handful of "official" instances dominate traffic and visibility. Instances like mastodon.social and mastodon.online, owned and operated by Mastodon gGmbH, form a centralized hub that filters and controls content under the guise of moderation.
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Tim Cox (timcox@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 00:48:24 JST Tim Cox
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HJ (hj@cyberplace.social)'s status on Sunday, 02-Feb-2025 01:31:51 JST HJ
@GossiTheDog Exactly, even though you can host your own PDS you are still relying on the main bsky.network relay
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