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Well, it's the same reason have both chose to write our comments here instead of self-hosting it on our blogs, I suppose.

I would like to add the spam problem to your explanation. A distributed system needs a distributed solution for spam, which is much harder.

But we also need to add a little complexity to the description. There is a difference between decentralized and distributed systems, with email the former and usenet or irc the latter.

Both discoverability and search are trivial with distributed systems, but also offers the possibility of competing networks. It is interesting to note that the open protocols actually faired worse in those cases, as it lends itself to competititon, and a someone with access to deep pockets can leverage that against you.




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