If the #fediverse is ever to go even partly mainstream, say 10 million active users, we will have to have a clear eyed look at what ordinary #socialmedia consumers want as an interface. Then either alter one of the #platforms, mostly likely #Mastodon, to meet those expectations, or build a new #ActivityPub platform from scratch that will. Otherwise admit to ourselves we just wanna be #niche.

#Bluesky is tearing it up folks! It's pulling in ...

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The question is whether it matters. It's always interested me that #Matrix, the encrypted chat network grew to well over 60 million users without needing to compromise at all.

And the same could be said for #xmpp years before. Some systems can catch the technical user base but I agree it's rare.

It's at 1 million active users now, that's no small number.