> federated systems [..] have a lot of failure points
They sure do, but you also have access to all the parts needed to maintain your own instance and so does everyone else. Failures, when they happen, are limited to instance who aren't "functioning perfectly" instead of extending to every user of a centralized system.
Just to keep everyone reading this thread on the same page: The point of failure being discussed here is the human factor. See comment ancestors for context.
> Just to keep everyone reading this thread on the same page: The point of failure being discussed here is the human factor.
Thanks for reiterating this, because I think it is a key thing people who are scanning this thread are missing.
I think this is actually the argument for a centralized system though. At least for something that's a replacement to text messaging. I think the issue with a federated system is that most people don't know how to run a server, even pretty technical people. So this makes sense as a slack replacement, but not text messaging. At least to me.
They sure do, but you also have access to all the parts needed to maintain your own instance and so does everyone else. Failures, when they happen, are limited to instance who aren't "functioning perfectly" instead of extending to every user of a centralized system.
Just to keep everyone reading this thread on the same page: The point of failure being discussed here is the human factor. See comment ancestors for context.