I am not scared of anyone joining this network. *They* are coming to *us*, not the other way around.
We are a robust and resilient network. We are gaining more and more people, implementations, and communications content every single day.
We have the power in this situation. Let's start acting like it.
That's the spirit, @evan, but I think you missed the point:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish
"Our" network is not imune to that.
Others on this thread also highlighted how Google EEE'd XMPP. The list goes on, ActivityPub is not free from risk.
And I'm cynical.
@cuchaz