This post got over 50 comments a couple yrs ago:
https://linkage.ds8.zone/post/367822
Looking through the comments shows a strong bias in favor of centralization. Is it fair to say the masses in the fedi are merely anti-GAFAM? Considering how people pile onto a Cloudflare node (lemmy.world), the fedi is indeed mostly composed of those who do not resist network effect. Choosing the most evil node of a less evil network still reflects a problem.
We need to evolve more. We need a platform that does more to thwart centralized power. The network needs to build in a penalty for disproportionately large nodes w/a single point of influence. And there should be a built-in mitgating mechanism to keep Cloudflare out, as Cloudflare is inherently centralized to the most abusive extent.
w/a iow
what are you doing with all the time you’re saving?