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exolymph · 2016-02-11 15:44:11

Centralization happens naturally. There's a reason why we see it again and again. https://medium.com/@Exolymph/i-swear-i-m-not-a-statist-df990...

nyolfen | karma 5410 | avg karma 2.9 · | 2023-04-08 10:00:43

why is this the case? why hasn't it been the case until now? what has changed that would reverse the constant trend toward centralization?

OldMidnight | karma 10 | avg karma 1.67 · | 2021-12-08 04:54:46

Ah yes, centralization.

dartos | karma 2394 | avg karma 1.71 · | 2024-06-20 18:48:50

Gotta love centralization

vocatus_gate | karma 887 | avg karma 2.81 · | 2017-02-28 21:02:40+00:00

It's because centralization is really, really convenient when it works correctly. And most of the time, it does. It's just when it breaks it's really, really bad.

aalleavitch | karma 1497 | avg karma 3.41 · | 2020-02-27 15:22:43+00:00

Centralization is great, isn't it?

binomialxenon | karma 285 | avg karma 2.44 · | 2018-08-31 16:45:18+00:00

Centralization.

pessimizer | karma 33733 | avg karma 2.47 · | 2016-06-30 13:34:56

Isn't this the obvious result, if not an actual goal, of centralization?

davexunit | karma 7230 | avg karma 3.8 · | 2019-07-02 14:08:41

Yay centralization!

pwpwp | karma 1065 | avg karma 3.62 · | 2010-09-14 12:11:51

Centralization

phoe-krk | karma 8255 | avg karma 6.23 · | 2022-01-02 02:35:37

That's centralization, just replicated for redundancy.

shadowgovt | karma 15568 | avg karma 1.91 · | 2023-12-19 05:31:44

People centralize because centralization solves real problems they have.

If we want decentralization, we have to build alternatives as convenient and simple as the centralized ones, and that's a hard project.

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MiguelX413 | karma 459 | avg karma 1.48 · | 2022-09-15 13:56:00

Centralization is THE problem.

dpq | karma 483 | avg karma 4.69 · | 2022-09-10 14:19:23

Which isn't ever going to happen as the benefits of centralization are too great, as it has been empirically observed time and time again.

whoryou | karma 0 | avg karma 0.0 · | 2018-01-22 04:23:50

What? How is centralization the culprit?

swinglock | karma 1118 | avg karma 2.34 · | 2019-04-01 16:07:29+00:00

Of course centralization is easier. The problem is that it's centralized.

specialist | karma 10439 | avg karma 1.48 · | 2019-08-31 14:03:19

TLDR: Centralization (winner takes all) is the result of preferential attachment. Some kind of downward pressure is required to counterbalance, counteract.

EGreg | karma 7296 | avg karma 0.72 · | 2012-02-04 05:35:21+00:00

This is the problem with centralization.

Evidlo | karma 989 | avg karma 2.68 · | 2020-06-05 07:35:35+00:00

And don't forget centralization.

sledgehammers | karma 116 | avg karma 1.81 · | 2023-05-14 04:00:50

What the hell are you talking about? There is massive centralization.