I also dive a bit into why the apparent monoculture of #Mastodon on the #Fediverse is a risk to the whole network, and why identifying all of Fediverse with just Mastodon leads to problems.
For example, if we only talk about Mastodon, people will (and do!) demand features to be implemented in that project even though there are other, compatible, projects that might already have them, and might fit the particular use case or community better.
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Finally, I give a laundry list of things that I believe need to happen to mitigate the risk stemming from #Mastodon monoculture on the #Fediverse.
I also list some things every person using fedi can do themselves to help mitigate that risk.
I've already seen one vibrant decentralized social network wither on the vine due to monoculture and flagship-instance-itis, and while fedi is much bigger and more resilient already, I do think we should worry about it here too.
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