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Mastodon is much more centralised than Lemmy though, so it's still a big deal
No, it isn't. What are you talking about? Do you even understand the difference between Lemmy and Lemmy.world at this point? Do you understand what I mean when I tell you I don't use Lemmy?
Mastodon.social is much bigger than the other instances and it's headed by the devs (just like kbin.social). This is different from Lemmy, where the spread is more even and the devs purposely don't want to have the largest instance. Have a good day.
That's not what centralized means, nor does it actually affect anything others mentioned. So, good day to you as well I suppose.
"centralized" and "decentralized" are a spectrum, not absolutes. Mastodon might be decentralized in theory but if everyone uses a single instance then it's centralized in practice. That isn't the case right now, but it's also not entirely not the case, either. Same is true for lemmy
This perspective would also make the conversation surrounding it pointless. The proposed idiosyncrasies you suggest don't change the overall discussion in this thread. It's a non-actionable perspective. It's like saying no one can know anything ever. It's technically philosophically a valid point, but it serves no purpose and doesn't help in most conversations.