Good fora operate as a republic: Those in power are elevated by the people, but a small dedicated group still makes the decisions.
Bad fora sometimes operate as under feudalism: One senior mod with ultimate power and her lackeys and yes-men with lesser power.
But the fediverse operates more like a gardening club: Someone cultivates a plot, sometimes with helpers, and allows passerby to enjoy. Sometimes they bar a person from entry, but if that happens to you, or you just don’t like the garden, there’s another garden just around the corner.
Good fora operate as a republic: Those in power are elevated by the people, but a small dedicated group still makes the decisions.
Bad fora sometimes operate as under feudalism: One senior mod with ultimate power and her lackeys and yes-men with lesser power.
But the fediverse operates more like a gardening club: Someone cultivates a plot, sometimes with helpers, and allows passerby to enjoy. Sometimes they bar a person from entry, but if that happens to you, or you just don’t like the garden, there’s another garden just around the corner.
Fediverse is a collection of dictatorships. The option to leave a dictatorship, or go to another dictatorship, doesn’t make it less dictatorshippy.
Very few dictstorships allow you to leave at will. That ability to Build up your own Community on equal terms is quite un-dictatorial.
Nontheless. Policy is dictated. That is the long and short of it.