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@pettter Yes, of course if you are lucky enough to have benevolent governance then problems are mitigated.

The design of the tool is not neutral though. A tool designed to give admins more power plays into the hands of bad actors, a tool designed to give end-users autonomy does the opposite.

Mastodon and the Fediverse fail this test badly, the tools are geeky and technical and the design doesn't allow for easy account migration.

This exaggerates the power imbalance.