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Re:Scaling Mastodon Is Impossible by shagie on Monday November 14, 2022 @10:21PM (#33604856)
There are several reasons why they wouldn't want to associate with a public server.

While the verification green check mark is nice, it is much better to have PR hosted on toot.company.com instead.

Furthermore, there's the "who can see what" - https://restoreprivacy.com/mastodon-privacy-issues-risks/

> Because these messages aren’t end-to-end encrypted, the server owner can read everything in plaintext.

(See also https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/18079 )

That's a BIG "companies should be hosting their own servers."

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Re:Scaling Mastodon Is Impossible by jameshart on Monday November 14, 2022 @10:38PM (#33604962)
Exactly. You're not going to go find Hertz on mastodon.social to complain about your rental car booking being screwed up, any more than you would expect to reach their helpdesk through [email protected].
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