Mastodon - or rather the 'fediverse' of which Mastodon is part - 'rewinds the clock on social media' in that it makes it possible to recreate the heavily censor

Mastodon - or rather the 'fediverse' of which Mastodon is part - 'rewinds the clock on social media' in that it makes it possible to recreate the heavily censored echo chamber which Twitter ended up being under Dorsey, Agarwal, Roth, Gadde and the rest of the old leadership group. At the same time the fediverse makes it possible for those who are censored by the former to create their own instances where they can act in any way they want ranging from erudite conversations on important matters (if only...) to shit-posting memes. The rampant censorship - shunning entire instances because they do not toe the party line in some way - which permeates the fediverse has led and will continue to lead to the formation of disparate islands of federation with hardly any connections between them. With a bit of luck there will eventually emerge a large enough contingent of federated sites which neither cave to the censorship demands from the 'progressive/left' factions nor devolve into the God & Guns parochialism often seen on the 'conservative/right' side. A place where 'conservative' and 'progressive' subjects can be discussed without the immediate labelling - 'racist!', 'nazi!', 'homophobe!' or 'commie!', 'hippie!', 'purple-haired freak!' - which is all too common on 'social' media. For this to happen people should stop being afraid of being labelled and start standing up for their own ideas instead of simply parroting whatever some influencer-type puts in their mouths.