In particular, it seems to me that centralization is almost a law of the universe (or at least a tendency). Lemmy may start decentralized, with dozens or hundreds of meaningfully-sized instances, but it’s easy to imagine a not-far future where most everyone has settled on just a handful of instances (or even just one).

I don’t mean to just be a pessimist here. I’m sure I’m far from the first person to wonder about this, and I’m curious whether there are ideas of how to counterbalance the tendency toward centralization.

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    1 year ago

    Centralization is a byproduct of monopolism and part of how modern capitalism has programmed is to think. It’s hideously baked into the modern internet as it’s mostly post-regulation. I blame asymmetrical data links while I yell at children to get off my lawn.

    New things come from open marketplaces of ideas. I’ll put myself in the optimistic category, but occasionally I have to put myself back here lol