>I wish more people would self host their instance in the fediverse. I wish that too. And I even upvoted you for that. Unfortunately, there are significant hu

>I wish more people would self host their instance in the fediverse. I wish that too. And I even upvoted you for that. Unfortunately, there are significant hurdles/barriers to entry for most folks. First among those are asymmetric internet links. It's great that I can stream HD video while pulling down well-seeded torrents, while I apply updates to a dozen VMs without an issue. But I can't support (and I don't have the static IPs) more than a few connections to my systems. That's an important, and often overlooked, driver towards greater centralization. My current plan gives me (based on speed test data) ~225Mb/s download and ~12Mb/s upload. Obviously (multi)Gb/sec symmetric connections would be ideal, as well as easily supported by FTTP. If enough folks have those, there's no shortage of federated, self-hosted alternatives out there -- as you helpfully pointed out. An easily installed, self-hosted platform, combined with the requisite consumer bandwidth could certainly provide enough leverage to move folks off Facebook, et al. Sadly, I won't hold my breath.