Ask HN: Why don't we have widespread, decentralized social networking?
Because the average person wants to be where their friends are, and us something that just works. Modernity poses so many challenges that decentralization is meaningless to most &quot;normal&quot; people, whether through ignorance or lack of care.<p>More importantly, you seem to place a higher value on decentralization than centralization. Why is that? What if centralization allows more people express themselves more freely? Would you place a higher value on centralization?<p>Decentralization is a design choice, that&#x27;s it. Unfortunately, we have to come to terms with the fact that outside the sphere of hackerdom and a select few privacy-conscious individuals, decentralization is completely and utterly irrelevant.