And it's a worthwhile pursuit. Moxie's points simply don't make sense, and are infuriating / disrespectful to those who are working on solving decentralization's issues.
_Of course_ it will be difficult. But the same argument could be made for building a completely unencrypted messenger app. You won't have to worry about managing keys, obfuscating metadata, or anything like that.
At the end of the day, it's about realizing the importance of both privacy _and_ decentralization that our current infrastructure threatens.
For one, it's a lot of text for the myriad of ways you can moderate your server/chat. It's just a paragraph for kicking "a nazi out of the cybersecurity chat."
And two, "In Riot, Admins are shown in the membership list with a golden shield, and Moderators are shown with a silver shield. Other clients use similar metaphors."
If you actually used Matrix, you'd notice in whatever client that you're using that it's actually very easy to see who the mods are.
_Of course_ it will be difficult. But the same argument could be made for building a completely unencrypted messenger app. You won't have to worry about managing keys, obfuscating metadata, or anything like that.
At the end of the day, it's about realizing the importance of both privacy _and_ decentralization that our current infrastructure threatens.