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		shagie on Nov 15, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Scaling Mastodon is impossible There are several reasons why they wouldn't want to associate with a public server. While the verification green check mark is nice, it is much better to have PR hosted on toot.company.com instead. Furthermore, there's the "who can see what" - https://restoreprivacy.com/mastodon-privacy-issues-risks/ > Because these messages aren’t end-to-end encrypted, the server owner can read everything in plaintext. (See also https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/18079 ) That's a BIG "companies should be hosting their own servers."

jameshart on Nov 15, 2022 [–]

Exactly. You're not going to go find Hertz on mastodon.social to complain about your rental car booking being screwed up, any more than you would expect to reach their helpdesk through hertzcustomersupport783@aol.com.

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