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0 pointsmeltedcapacitor4y ago0 comments

Facebook could also run federated technically, so that it never fails all at once. It failed because they put all the eggs in one basket in some top layer.

Technical decentralization is orthogonal to commercial issues.

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immibis4y ago

If it was federated it wouldn't be Facebook, it would be Mastodon.

If it was federated and Facebook still controlled it, it would still be centralized.

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0 pointsmeltedcapacitor4y ago0 comments

Facebook could also run federated technically, so that it never fails all at once. It failed because they put all the eggs in one basket in some top layer.

Technical decentralization is orthogonal to commercial issues.

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immibis4y ago

If it was federated it wouldn't be Facebook, it would be Mastodon.

If it was federated and Facebook still controlled it, it would still be centralized.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse