I never said end-users should care that it's decentralized and open source. I am mentioning it because we're on HN, a tech-oriented website. The selling point o

I never said end-users should care that it's decentralized and open source. I am mentioning it because we're on HN, a tech-oriented website. The selling point of the fediverse is the governance model and sustainability, and the way these qualities are missing from Twitter/Facebook/&co has been in the mainstream consciousness for a few years already. Also the grandparents comment is nonsense. How many people's grandparents are on Snapchat or TikTok? How many people's grandparents are on Instagram? It's a completely arbitrary demographic goal post.