> federation solves a problem users don't care about The main problem federation solves is centralization of power and perceived abuse of that power. The type

> federation solves a problem users don't care about The main problem federation solves is centralization of power and perceived abuse of that power. The type of stuff that caused the Twitter exodus and now Reddit. I’d argue that many users do care about that, but I would concede that it’s not clear that federation will solve those problems. Instance operators can go on equally destructive power trips, the way eg AP and mastodon are designed.