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@joeld @amal @rwa @mastohost @support

I think there are advantages even if you don't self-host.

The telephone network is decentralised, and that means we can switch to other operators without leaving the network.

This pressures phone operators into behaving, because they don't have a network effect lock-in if they misbehave.

The same principle applies to decentralised social media. If Facebook misbehaves, you are stuck there. If a Mastodon instance misbehaves, it will be quickly abandoned.