@mem_somerville_kbin @hedge if you haven’t checked out the mastodon side of the fediverse, #socialcoop uses this model and has existed for a couple years.

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@poVoq @rysiek following the drama - it was the combination of newcomers to federation not understanding “make your own server with moderation that suits your community” as anything but “we can’t deal with this, go away and stop bothering us” and probably a huge sense of alienation - the blacktwitter memes, concerns, trending topics that make a community aren’t on “here”, and most individuals aren’t able to bring an entire social graph onto a new place.