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<blockquote style="position: relative; padding-left: 55px;"><section><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/users/timcox/statuses/113933917435135015">Tim Cox (timcox@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 00:42:56 JST</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@timcox" title="timcox@mastodon.sdf.org"><img src="https://gnusocial.jp/avatar/324648-48-20250201154824.webp" width="48" height="48" alt="Tim Cox" style="position: absolute; left: 0; top: 0;">Tim Cox</a><div><ul><li></ul></div></section><article><p>People should not call <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@mastodon">@mastodon</a><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/decentralized" rel="tag">#decentralized</a>. It simply isn't. </p><p>While it may be <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/decentralized" rel="tag">#decentralized</a> in structure, it is centralized in <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/federation" rel="tag">#federation</a>—like a group of states believing themselves autonomous, only to be crushed by the federal power that grew from within.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/decentralization" rel="tag">#decentralization</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/federation" rel="tag">#federation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/BigBrother" rel="tag">#BigBrother</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Mastodon" rel="tag">#Mastodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Fediverse" rel="tag">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Control" rel="tag">#Control</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/Surveillance" rel="tag">#Surveillance</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IllusionOfChoice" rel="tag">#IllusionOfChoice</a></p></article><footer><a rel="bookmark" href="https://gnusocial.jp/conversation/4495373#notice-8801526">In conversation</a><time datetime="2025-02-03T00:42:56+09:00" title="Monday, 03-Feb-2025 00:42:56 JST">about 4 days ago</time> <span>from <span><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@timcox/113933917435135015" rel="external" title="Sent from mastodon.sdf.org via ActivityPub">mastodon.sdf.org</a></span></span><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/@timcox/113933917435135015">permalink</a><h4>Attachments</h4><ol><li><label><a rel="external" href="https://gnusocial.jp/attachment/4067888">A dystopian propaganda poster with bold text:BIG BROTHER
(two eerie, unblinking eyes staring directly forward)
IS WATCHING YOUThe design evokes Orwellian control, aligning with the post's critique of Mastodon—decentralized in structure but centralized in effect.</a></label><br><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/933/880/980/642/733/original/d1a774668400980c.jpeg" rel="external">https://mastodon.sdf.org/system/media_attachments/files/113/933/880/980/642/733/original/d1a774668400980c.jpeg</a></li></ol></footer></blockquote>

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Tim Cox (timcox@mastodon.sdf.org)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 00:42:56 JSTTim Cox
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People should not call @mastodon
#decentralized. It simply isn't.
While it may be #decentralized in structure, it is centralized in #federation—like a group of states believing themselves autonomous, only to be crushed by the federal power that grew from within.
#decentralization #federation #BigBrother #Mastodon #Fediverse #Control #Surveillance #IllusionOfChoice
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