> People aren't annoyed by federation. I would go even further: people don't want to think about federation, for the most part. It doesn't matter whether I use

> People aren't annoyed by federation. I would go even further: people don't want to think about federation, for the most part. It doesn't matter whether I use Gmail, my company work email, or my own local email server; if I send an email to somebody, they'll receive it, regardless of what they're using. All I need is their email address. A federated microblog needs to be just as accessible, imo — if I have to adapt my behaviour based on whether somebody is on the same server as me, that's a problem.