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I still think it's a good thing. Fediverse still hasn't solved the moderation issues, and from what I've heard moderating a social network with tens of millions of users is a nightmare, even without considering the possible legal problems that would arise for instance owners.

Also, based on the little I know about ActivityPub, it would be pretty easy to monetize and exploit. Since everything gets sent everywhere, having an instance that simply gathers data to sell wouldn't be much of an problem - or rather, due to the nature of how instances work, you have to agree with your data being sent to other servers, and if those in turn gather and sell the data, wouldn't the blame fall upon the instance owners, that they did not disclose it? Tbh I have no idea how would the GDPR/etc laws work in this case, but I bet they are not ready for this federated case.

Fediverse has also been a really good filter for content, thanks to it's relative niche. As of now, someone who choses fediverse instead of other platforms seems to match my values and outlook on digital life, and I'm more interested in content they produce, be it on Mastodon or here. It's also why I don't mind there not being any kind of algorithms for content feeds.

If people started flooding the fediverse, it would bring with it so many problems that would basically ruin it, due to legislative issues, content moderation, and more.

So, as far as I'm considered, it's good.