Are we decentralized yet?

One of the nice things about mastodon is that the total lack of centralization and the absence of the dreaded algorithm means you don't have reputation farmer accounts posting bloviating nonsense the whole time. Its really great there.

Mastodon is social like a quiet pub. Twitter and Bluesky are social like a crowd at a concert.

> Mastodon is social like a quiet pub. Twitter and Bluesky are social like a crowd at a concert.

Good analogy. When Twitter started, I took one look at people shouting "I had a delicious sandwich today" and "I just took an amazing dump" and wanted no part of it. When it later turned into a "clever" contest, I wanted even less.

My quiet little Mastodon community, plus some outsiders I have chosen, is the kind of "social" I want. If someone starts behaving like an influencer, they get muted.