this is a great article - not that anyone here needs convincing, but good to share it with those who are still in the "everyone i want to connect with is on (toxic social media platform)".
The Fediverse Isn’t the Future. It’s the Present We’ve Been Denied.
For years, the internet has been shrinking. Not in size, not in data, but in ownership. A vast, decentralized network of personal blogs, forums, and independent communities has been corralled into a handful of paved prison yards controlled by a few m…Joan Westenberg (westenberg.)