Beyond Horseless Carriages: Building Communities for the Decentralized Era

[Fediverse: communities of 50–100 people, "a slightly bigger group chat". Bluesky: planet-scale network. What could go in between? Blacksky is 'Reddit-sized' or like a large forum at around 100–200k people.]

[Moderation can also be a form of "community care" that people actually enjoy and appreciate, rather than just a task to be done.]

[Contradictory when almost nobody in the community does moderation or understands the primitives, yet most seem to think it's decentralized. If the main provider goes away tomorrow, will you know how to keep the infrastructure running?]

[People are busy and have kids: they don't need to know what a PDS is.]

[Build what helps people find joy and feel good about themselves.You can't scare them into using decentralized tech "for their own good".]