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1. FediTips (feditips@mstdn.social)'s status on Monday, 02-May-2022 00:52:27 JST FediTips

   For new people wondering why Mastodon is on thousands of servers instead of one:

   -It helps protect us all against Elon Musk scenarios. It's very difficult for anyone to buy a network made of thousands of independently owned servers. (It's the same reason why no one owns the world's email network, because there are so many independent providers out there.)

   -If your server misbehaves (or sells out to a malevolent billionaire), you can move your account to a different server, or even to a brand new server. Decentralisation means you're never trapped on a site you hate.

   -Mastodon is an open platform where anyone can start their own server, and they don't need tech knowledge if they use a service like https://masto.host or https://federation.spacebear.ee

   ...and there are lots more good reasons too, to do with servers using alternative Fediverse software etc, but I'll save that for a future post ????

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