Yes and no, we meant decentralised as compared to the legacy offerings.
The way Master'don will trend is back torwards #reCentralisation, because of the #contentDelivery issue.
iwrc, some instances don't try to serve all content and #hotLink(?) to the originating instance, but that has issues too, incl. #privacy.
That's why we suggest servers play a #conductor's role. With a #glutPlug they'd hotlink to I2P hosted content served by fedizens who boosted it.
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Nice! Our understanding is yes, you are right to want to setup an alternative. Internet Archive is in trouble at the network level, due to overload. Gitlab is Cloud(G)lare (aka Cloud(F)lare).
Last week we discovered just how demanding Mastodon itself is on servers. We have reason to believe it's so demanding that its having a re-centralisation effect on the social network. So we wonder how #BloatFE handles Castopod. Bloat Front-End doesn't require js.
Great to see @[email protected] continue to develop more user-friendly features to make it more attractive to non-geeks 🤓 I appreciate finding an instance to join is a significant obstacle for newbies. I wonder though if presenting a randomised default option from a set of instances meeting high standards would be better than adding yet more users to one of Mastodon GmbH’s own 🧐 #recentralisation https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2023/05/a-new-onboarding-experience-on-mastodon/
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