a lot of people have gotten really excited recently over the prospects of federation, activitypub, mastodon, etc.
i do think that federation as a technical principle is fascinating.
however, the classic example of a federated system is email, and that whole ecosystem has almost entirely been eviscerated and cucked. it's nearly impossible to run a mail service independently and expect deliverability to the big platforms.
what's not to say that what happened to email will be precisely what happens to activitypub? what happens if lots of normies jump on the centralized corporate sites because the onboarding is easier and it's got additional hot slick features? this is exactly how gmail and outlook cucked email.
from what i can see, the state of things as they are is a human problem, not a technical one.
what are your thoughts, anons?