Also won’t there will be an fragmentation of users issue?
when you can follow, subscribe to, post to, or comment on any community on any instance, there’s no fragmentation
when followers know there are plenty of options, it also prevents any single community from becoming too big or overbearing – and since the instances are all privately owned, the only thing you gain by growing your community bigger than everyone else is increased server load
gin and tonic – safe, easy to make (doesn’t piss off the bartender), and isn’t sickly sweet