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Re:BBC: Twitter users jump to Mastodon – but what is it? by fossuser on Sunday November 06, 2022 @04:00PM (#33497088)
Replied here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33496458

Email is an example of a federated system failure.

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Re:BBC: Twitter users jump to Mastodon – but what is it? by throwaway0x7E6 on Sunday November 06, 2022 @05:09PM (#33497936)
a failure that is infinitely more successful than any centralized solution.

and it will outlive gmail

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