3. Moderation is still an unsolved problem, in that bad actors can only get acted on ๐ข๐ง๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ the damage has already been done. Centralized platforms can actually get out in front of this easier because they can at least implement some pre-screening during signup. The fediverse signup process is completely unmoderated, as bad actors can just use bad platforms (or their own) to launch their harassment from.
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"because (centralised networks) can implement some pre-screening during signup. "
" The fediverse signup process is completely unmoderated,"
This isn't true at all.
Servers can ask users to write why they want to sign up, and screen them through that.
Try signing up on https://mastodon.art to see what I mean. They manually screen all new users before accounts are activated.
And this is nothing to do with centralisation or decentralisation, it's something any site can implement.
4. I think we underestimate the power billionaires can have when they want to take over an entire technology. If they really put their power and money to it, they don't need to "outcompete" us with their own services, they can go to the root and sabotage ActivityPub itself.
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