Correction: Zulip is not centralized
Correction: Zulip is not centralized
Posted Feb 23, 2026 14:05 UTC (Mon) by daroc (editor, #160859)In reply to: Correction: Zulip is not centralized by tabbott
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That's an interesting distinction. It doesn't match my understanding of the definitions of 'centralized' and 'federated', but I can see how your version holds together. I tried to get around terminology issues by putting in that little definitions box, but clearly that was insufficient. My copy of Merriam-Webster does not have the technological definitions, unfortunately, just the historical ones.
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