I'm more of a proponent for small community hosted nodes that require manual approval to join, and federate in a larger network. That way each node in the larg

I'm more of a proponent for small community hosted nodes that require manual approval to join, and federate in a larger network. That way each node in the larger community can vet new members, but they can still communicate across nodes. Sort of like ActivityPub, or something like it. Not trying to prefer one design over another, we'll see what comes.