I think federated protocols are better too, but Mastodon is literally replicating many of the problems with email one-for-one: - identity management is hard -

I think federated protocols are better too, but Mastodon is literally replicating many of the problems with email one-for-one: - identity management is hard - you place lots of trust in the admin - it’s hard(-ish) to pick up your data and move - it’s very hard to pick up your identity and move - you technically can host it yourself but only a few diehards are going to bother - moderation is mostly up to you, except when you can’t talk to someone you need to because your admin decided to start a flame war with another admin and de-federate - E2EE is server specific - no way to tell yet but eventually 99% of users will likely coalesce around a handful of servers The protocol though, it’s just better! See also: plank in your own eye