But this is inevitable. It’s written into the design of ActivityPub.
It could be delayed using social pressure but I’m not seeing that from those from whom it would matter.
So it’ll last for as long as it does. Hopefully, that’ll be long enough so we can use the fediverse to bridge off to actually decentralised alternatives like the Small Web.
(I know I’m working against a deadline here. I just wish we’d do everything we could to keep the fediverse as a stopgap for as long as possible.)
@aral isn't "Small Web" a case of "everyone runs their own servers"? Or have i misunderstood it? I don't understand how that'd be a better alternative to mastodon.