Re: Gemini is not decentralized

Over at the Midnight Pub, ~ostov complains [1] that Gemini is not

decentralized, pointing out that capsules can be "banned" just the

same as on the surface web.

On the face of it, this is a pretty ridiculous statement. There's

nothing intrinsically centralized about gemini or http (or gopher -

hello, we're still here!) as protocols.

However, I do agree that geminaunts tend to fall more often than not

into the "centralization is bad" camp. So, like the author of this

post, I've found it somewhat perplexing that people seem to be at the

same time so quick to throw themselves behind explicitly centralized

social hubs such as Midnight Pub, Station, etc.

This is not to say that these hubs are bad. They're run by generous

members of the community, for free, for the rest of the community.

But, like ostov, I do think we need to think very hard before setting

up camp in somebody else's computer.

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