Just to repeat, what is and what should be are different questions. Gold star for getting the What is part right though!
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Ahh, you're talking about technical operations. I'm referring to governance. Yes, everything can be looked at in a decentralized way depending on the frame of reference. Good job!
Stallman is a 68 year old unpopular-with-the-ladies mansplaining type of guy that has a very crude humour and low interpersonal skills. He's also a bit of a genius when it comes to software. He's got a laundry list of things he's said and done that are distasteful towards women. Nothing illegal however. He's one of those guys that would rather be technically right than anything else.
Unfortunately he's a victim of mob justice and cancel culture.
I don't like Stallman, I do respect his contributions to the FOSS movement. I agree cancelling Stallman outside of due process is a really bad look for the FOSS movement.
Rocket.Chat is federated. It's more like Slack but you could jimmy it into a Discord alternative in the same way you can Slack.
I'm a Matrix fan but it's not there yet unfortunately.
It's so bloody.
Maybe you could list our a couple of the good reasons? In Canada the provinces that have centralized electrical grids have the cheapest electricity while provinces with decentralized have the higher power costs. Passive aggressive comments are sometimes entertaining but usually they come off flat when there's no empirical evidence to back them up. 😉
Jami you can sign up with without a phone and it's also open source.
Coincidentally on Friday S02E03 of Solar Opposites was a The LakeHouse parody episode.
Isn't the US postal system a single entity controlling everything? Yes they have regional distribution centres but it's still a single entity. I guess it depends on your definition of everything. I don't mean a single distribution centre of course.
Agree that we're using different definitions of decentralization. My interpretation of decentralization is where transfer of authority or management of a service or function moves from a centralized national or digital single-entity/corporation to a geographically regional or digitally autonomous (multiple) entity(ies).
IMO natural monopolies are good examples where decentralization of processes should not occur. However, that's not to comment on whether those centralized monopolies will be more resilient to political opportunism or other potential negative impacts of centralization. This is a layered concept for sure, easy to get into debates about.
Could, but should? Depends on the goal we're trying to achieve. Efficiency of delivery I'd say monopoly in this context. Regional specialization maybe decentralized, but what benefits in postal services would it bring?
Yes but the question is what should not be.
Is a backseat board director a leader though? They probably would have had less trouble if they just had him as an "advisor" without voting power.