@ArneBab

And how many clever #Startups did we see that loudly claimed they'd soon launch the Killer #SocialMedia platform?

Only to bitterly fail after a while.

#Fediverse went super slowly in how it emerged. It took years. But these years were needed to get a great #culture between fedizens around the world come about.

All the while #FOSS principles and values drove software development, and with no monetary incentives, the human side was kept within focus while doing so. We're human-scale.