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People would run their own PDS for a couple of reasons, build their own communities, host their own data, their own moderation practices & policies, and maybe they don’t want the “big world” view
https://techcrunch.com/2024/02/22/bluesky-opens-up-federation-letting-anyone-run-their-own-server/amp/
https://bsky.social/about/blog/02-22-2024-open-social-web
I meant links to instances not owned by the main company. Are there any?