see federated network

looks inside

mastodon.social

Pros:

• No single entity that have all control.
• No entity profits from it, so you are not a product.
• Related to above: No trackers, no ads, no spyware, etc.

Cons:

• It is run by volunteers: bad uptimes, slower progress, slower fixes, etc.
• Some volunteer may give up and delete the instance. It happened to my first Lemmy account (nothing against you, stux)
• No market-driven decisions means sometimes instances defederate each other for purely ideological reasons. Sometimes very childishly. (again, nothing against stux)
• Lots of fedidrama.

Welcome to Lemmy. Hope you enjoy it.