alt Hacker NewsIt's not that it is "better" but that the choice is individual, not up to the mastodon server. In Mastodon, you trade Elon for some other group of individuals, so what happens if they make decision on moderation or content you do not agree with?
ATProto is designed around accounts that are independent of data host, application, and moderation, all in the name of giving users individual control over these things. It's like if every Mastodon user ran their own server, but without the overhead
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Are you suggesting the "big few" can't largely censor a given account?
I don't see how ATProto is doing noticeably better than the scenario where a large ActivityPub instance blocks your external account.
>It's like if every Mastodon user ran their own server
No, it's like every Mastodon user used the same server, and all the coordination is done by one server that nobody can replicate.
You have the opportunity to demonstrate this. I am banned from Bluesky. (They didn't tell me why - just a generic "you violated community guidelines")
Tell me, concretely, how people can choose to continue following me, even though I am banned.
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