Most of the content of this blog post is older than this account, as @arthrowl and @amcewen were thinking about how @MCQN_Ltd should join the #Fediverse before we pulled the trigger.
@siderea's recent thread about related matters was the final nudge to share our thinking, FWIW.
https://mcqn.com/posts/what-business-do-you-have-being-on-the-fediverse/
tl;dr - there should be businesses &c. on the fediverse, but we (all) should shape the #culture and evolve standards to help people choose how much they see.
Personally, I believe the better approach focuses on giving users power to shape their experiences, even recognizing the diversity of experience that different users want, rather than focusing on cultural standards.
These are technological challenges that should be approached with technical, not social, solutions.
@volkris @arthrowl @amcewen @siderea
We should definitely use technical solutions to the technical problems in this, but personally I disagree that all of these are technical problems.
I also think that the cultural side is fuzzier than the technical side. There'll be many overlapping and variously different cultural practices; and exceptions to any of the rules. And that's okay. As you say, we don't want one-size-fits-all.
^Adrian