Yes accounts are distributed to each server. Same as communities.

I agree except someone has to host the content and they should get to decide what’s not allowed.

One of the downsides seems like since the developer packages everything together, I’m reliant on them to push out changes. For example if some dependency needs a critical security update then I’m relying on every flatpak author to apply that change and push out a new version. But if I’m installing packages directly, I can update that one package and be done with it across my system.

Thanks for this insightful post. I agree that the fediverse feels different and that’s ok. It’s exciting to get the chance to build something new and be a part of it starting.

I think that’s right. A request for deletion gets made and it’s up to each server to decide if they will honor it.