To me, what we're striving for is not to get a particular technology to the masses, but a particular set of values. Values such as decentralization, the ability to safely be yourself and communicate with who you care about without it all being hoovered up into mega databases, cross referenced with millions of other people and all of the opportunities for weaponization that brings.
I'd love everyone to be on the #Fediverse, but not centralized under a bunch of tech oligarchs.
@Blort well, if that's your goal then Fediverse is really letting you down, and you need to be aware of that.
The ActivityPub design is SO BAD about things like privacy and safety and decentralization, and it practically invites mega databases to hoover up all of the content that we're posting here.
Fediverse has achieved a certain critical mass of users that we can all interact here. But it doesn't really stand up for values like decentralization or safety.
