@aral @cancel I keep seeing this comparison and IMO it misses the point. Consolidation of non-technical users onto well-run servers isn’t an if but a when and at some point spam will likely force those servers to not default to federate. However the fediverse, like email, always allows for an escape hatch. Expecting to leave it default open for federation is not realistic. Similar to BGP, the era of the “assume positive intent” internet is long over.