@steve,

Yes, Server-Server (#S2S) is handling the federation aspect, but it gets tripped up in the broader sense of loose-coupling of clients and servers which is quite important.

The #Fediverse benefits from clients with rich #UI/#UX available to all #ActivityPub servers rather than just @Mastodon -- especially if that's kinda forced via its platform-specific #API.

This concern is from experience re #SocialMedia platform dynamics 😀

/cc @tallship @Gargron @peepstein @blaine @atomicpoet