The irony is that the technical architectures with which the Internet can defend itself existed in the early 90's already. My generation's despair was watching

The irony is that the technical architectures with which the Internet can defend itself existed in the early 90's already. My generation's despair was watching them being supplanted by the social media companies who provided platforms with a fraction of the capabilities and none of the user empowerment. It's never too late to go back to federated architectures.