• im_fine_sandy@nord.pub
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    14 hours ago

    More users also increases the appeal for bots, purveyors of misinformation, trolls, and assholes generally.

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      13 hours ago

      And the Fediverse doesn’t have all of those already?

      These are inescapable in the modern age internet unfortunately, however the decentralisation of the Fediverse should help in alleviating those symptoms of an open platform.

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        11 hours ago

        Of course we have them, but the ratio will increase as user numbers rise.

        Federation does not protect us from these issues in any way. In fact it’s very susceptible to misinformation through federation.