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> Mastodon is better in every way, so it's a net win.

Making easily disprovable statements is not the way to win people to your side.

Searchability is weaker. Login is all over the map. Links don't work. etc.

These are the standard problems with non-centralized software.

I really don't understand why Mastodon didn't use/create something like the "magnet" links used for torrents. That way, even if you lost the server, as long as you touched something that had the appropriate hashes, you can access the information.

I use Mastodon, but it is not better in every way.



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