(Wall of text, sorry)
When a user hears about Mastodon they likely won't do too much research about a server that fits them best, and simply choose the default one. The majority of users will now be on this server making it privvy to the same amount of censorship as twitter.
While the default server is significantly more private than Twitter, if this server was somehow shutdown or blacked out-- almost all users would vanish. It would take a while for users to comeback and join another server, and creating a presence will be difficult.
Now if a user joins a smaller server, the user is still privvy to that server shutting down. Small servers are typically operated by one person, and as operating costs rise it will likely be harder to maintain, and it could too shut down effectivly losing all it's users.
If a server gets shut down on Nostr a user would still be connected to 10+ servers, and as would everyone else. So it's very easy to stay connected and maintain your presence without relying on one entity.
It is what it is
npub1jr…hsper
2023-02-23 03:28:30
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