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		orthecreedence 41 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why We Abandoned Matrix (2024) So why not centralize THAT? Build federated (or hell, p2p) protocols and pay some company that has editor access JUST to do moderation. There are tons of systems where it's decentralized up until the point where centralization makes sense. It doesn't have to be all or nothing.

Arathorn 41 days ago [–]

this is what we effectively did with https://matrix.org/blog/2025/04/introducing-policy-servers (on a per-room basis). the OP is from 2024, and so predates this.

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