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irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

Define decentralised.
As per RFC 9518: Centralization, Decentralization, and Internet Standards,

[…] “centralization” is the state of affairs where a single entity or a small group of them can observe, capture, control, or extract rent from the operation or use of an Internet function exclusively.

[Decentralization is when] “complete reliance upon a single point is not always required” (citing Baran, 1964)

[…] federation, i.e., designing a function in a way that uses independent instances that maintain connectivity and interoperability to provide a single cohesive service.

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grueling_spool@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
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- irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  I use them interchanagbly, which has proved to be a mistake.
  Kinda like how mastodon and fediverse are used interchangably.
  
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Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
I like the wiki definition

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralization
Decentralization or decentralisation is the process by which the activities of an organization, particularly those related to planning and decision-making, are distributed or delegated away from a central, authoritative location or group and given to smaller factions within it.

Based on this and other definitions I've seen, Bluesky is NOT decentralised.

I struggle to see how a platform of which 99.96% of it's users are controlled by one entity is Decentralised.

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Blaze@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Top Provider User Share: bsky.social ≈ 99% → Score: 0/30 Top Provider Content Share: Nearly all content on bsky.social → Score: 0/30 Self-Hosting: Server: PDS hosting possible but very niche and poorly documented → Score: 4/20 Self-Hosting: Client: Mostly official client; some 3rd party → Score: 10/20

Total: 14/100

Interesting score

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- Ek-Hou-Van-Braai@piefed.social ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  The scoring system isn't perfect, and is subjective, but it's a good starting point to try and measure if something is decentralised.
  
  I forsee a lot of big companies pretending to be Open-Source and decentralised because it's good for profits. Just like they pretend to care about Gay rights etc. When it suites them
  
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