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by mxuribe 1599 days ago
You're correct that by itself distributed systems - like the fediverse - do not automatically prevent hacks/security events. Although diversity of nodes (and decentralization of nodes too) does help because if one node is struck, then others can still operate; not foolproof but does offer some level of resilience. Also, to clarify, my proposal was more about sovereignty and added control of one's comunity and by extension content/voice. Certainly, if the relevant community lived on the fediverse, perhaps there could have been more that might have been done to continue even after some hack...maybe.
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tqi 1599 days ago
Hm I see - but in the case of bad actors hacking accounts, being on the fediverse seems neutral (relative to being on facebook) to worse? At least with (some) centralized systems there is an authority that can be appealed to (not FB obviously).

> Certainly, if the relevant community lived on the fediverse, perhaps there could have been more that might have been done to continue even after some hack...maybe.

As far as I can tell, the community members of this page still exists, the page itself is just gone? Not sure there is an advantage either way.

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mxuribe 1598 days ago
> ...At least with (some) centralized systems there is an authority that can be appealed to (not FB obviously)...

Yes, but...and, mind you, this gets a bit philosophical and scenario-specific...but, if we trace the incentives all the way through, some central authorities will only help if your/your community's goals are aligned, right? FB has a goal of creating just enough of a community to get paid by someone, and sadly not by community members but by ad buyers. In the fediverse - which let me clarify is far from perfect - it really is as close to you/someone setting up their own stuff and yelling into the void just because they want to...and it happens that others might want to join in without a similar agenda to FB, etc.

> ...the community members of this page still exists, the page itself is just gone...

Agreed...but in a scenario where such a meeting place ("This page") is not centrally controlled, access to it or its existence or its members can not so easily be controlled by a single entity - be they benevalent or indifferent or malevalent. The fediverse is not perfect, and may not be perfect for the relevant community or its members or even the OP here...i merely offered it as a possible suggestion...my proposal may not be suited to everyone; and that's ok.

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