The federation adds its own kind of complexities, and makes everything less reliable, as well as having a different UX. Mastodon and Federation are intricately

The federation adds its own kind of complexities, and makes everything less reliable, as well as having a different UX. Mastodon and Federation are intricately linked in terms of design, technology, UX, community, philosophy, and more. I don't think you could build a good centralised Twitter alternative out of it.