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  • In short, when too many cooks are in charge, it’s hard to make a good meal. Take content moderation, for example.

    The take that Fediverse moderation is “not as effective” always makes me smile, because:

    1. The moderator-to-user ratio is several orders of magnitude better on the fediverse because volunteer-run instances have zero incentive to grow beyond their ability to self-moderate. But also-

    2. Do you really expect that paid employees (or even trained AIs) are going to be more effective at recognizing who/what is disrupting a community than existing members with a personal stake in it’s quality?

    Also, as aside I am very happy they said “Bluesky, if it manages to become truly federated” and not the “promises to be” or “is federated” language we usually see.