Tom WalkerNov 14, 2024

Decentralised social media site Bluesky has gone down under the load of new users.

Not to worry, I'll just use one of the other decentralised instances. One of the many wonders of decentralisation.

... What do you mean, there aren't any?

... If a central server goes down, I can't get onto this oh-so-decentralised network?

I guess this must just be how decentralisation works!

Show threadKevin Riggle
@tomw I mean, yes. In the same way that if Gmail were ever to go down you’d have a hard time sending email to many people. Decentralized systems tend over time to either centralize or stagnate, and usually both
Nov 14, 2024 at 11:02pmWeb
Show threadKevin RiggleNov 14, 2024
@tomw (Although centralization protects against stagnation, and stagnation protects against centralization)
Show threadTom WalkerNov 14, 2024
@kevinriggle It's more like if Gmail went down and then I found that no other email servers or apps actually exist, even though Gmail told me it uses the "decentralised email protocol"