this post was submitted on 15 Nov 2023
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Fediverse isn’t truly decentralized; instances operate under the will of server owners, who can ban and remove content as they please.
That's called moderating and every platform will have moderators/admins to keep things regulated to some degree. That's just the way it goes. If we didn't have anyone or anything to moderate, people could submit content that would make an instance or site grounds to be removed.
What the Fediverse means by decentralized, is that there are multiple instances, not one giant singularity like Reddit is. Reddit is one big source that has microcommunities. Lemmy and KBin are places that have different servers, almost like going to a new site.