Gregory's Server
the history here (and resultant culture) is in direct conflict with what it enables better than anything that has ever existed before. the people who built and sustained the fedi early on wanted to get away from normies. but it's the perfect protocol to build a network where everyone is tightly connected and anything can go viral worldwide.
we're stuck with competing visions that confuse prospective users. imo we are the attention layer for the open web.