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How is federated social media better? (pawb.social)
submitted 1 year ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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I found myself chatting with my dad and brought up the topic. I couldn't come up with any actual advantages a federated platforms had. The main reason I use any federated platforms is because they're either not as enshittified as the alternatives or run by huge dickwads. Since it mostly fits those criteria, I'm on Bluesky too, but once that goes I'll either switch to another un-shittified platform or Mastodon.

But on its own, what advantage does a federated social media have?

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[–] 7 points 1 year ago

Preventing one single entity from having too much control over information to the extent that they can push propaganda and dominate a narrative.

Decentralization leads to better (I didn't say perfect) democratization of social media.

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