How much of Twitter’s code base is dedicated to things like security, compliance, and moderation?
Granted, a decentralized platform would eliminate some of those, just by being decentralized
Granted, a decentralized platform would eliminate some of those, just by being decentralized
Mastodon still requires security, compliance and moderation. And those requirements are going to keep getting more challenging by the year. It'll end up being another reason nobody will want to host content in a decentralized manner, the burden will become obnoxious.
Everyone (theoretically) would be complying to statues in its broadest sense, but jurisdiction, regulations, industry best practices, reporting requirements, and appetite for risk is going to be different from organization to organization. It’s not one-size-fits-all.
So some of these things are eliminated because the people hosting those are not put under the same kind of scrutiny as say, a Twitter.
My answer, born of moderating a modestly sized forum, was "Absolutely not under any circumstances."