They can co-exist if there are hundreds to thousands of smaller #SocialMedia platforms that are open source, and integrate with each other
Each platform could be owned by centralized owners but being open source, and cross integrating would still make the ecosystem decentralized
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That's exactly how the Fediverse (Mastodon) works.
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Not quite like #Hive though.
On Hive the entire community is built into each #DApp instance by default.
Posted via D.BuzzI don't think #Mastadon is the same way.
Yeah, the Fediverse is a lot different, but while the platform itself is very decentralized, the moderators have more control for what happens in their communities. Some people will like that more. Here, HIVE as a whole can influence smaller communities with downvotes/upvotes.
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