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Are we decentralized yet?

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487 points Bogdanp | 1 comments | 30 Aug 25 19:26 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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qustrolabe ◴[30 Aug 25 22:05 UTC] No.45078388[source]▶
Can someone explain how Fediverse instances or any decentralized platforms deals with most obvious issues of decentralization? Like if I join some node then one day it's offline and all my data lost. I mean surely instances usually don't disappear without notice but it still a totally possible thing. Or what about those times when entire instances get involved in dramas and end up defederating? I don't want to lose my connection with potential friends from such instance just because of something like that. I even remember some time ago when there were news about Threads being federated some people deliberately gathered "signs" across lots of instances to collectively defederate from Threads and it's just ridiculous to me that this even happened. What all this talk about fighting censorship while actively engaging in constant "self-censorship" making own echo-chamber as tight as possible?
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1. immibis ◴[31 Aug 25 02:16 UTC] No.45079754[source]▶
> Like if I join some node then one day it's offline and all my data lost

They just disappear. You're not appending to a long-term immutable blockchain-like archive. You're posting things to the internet and the nature of posting things to the internet (or anywhere for that matter) is that nobody guarantees they will be around forever.

> Or what about those times when entire instances get involved in dramas and end up defederating

Identical to "what about those times when Twitter bans someone whose tweets I want to read?"

> What all this talk about fighting censorship while actively engaging

Censorship and moderation are the same word