I don’t think this ends well.

For a start, the network could share resources on how to communicate better.

Secondly, the network could share content from a diverse range of viewpoints, such that the most extreme people from both sides would not want to be part of such a network.

Ordinary users don't care about decentralization in social networks like ordinary people don't care about seismic codes for buildings. Decentralization is about avoiding the once-in-a-decade disaster that can ruin a service, not about making it nicer the day you sign up.

Surely this implementation will attempt to capture as much market share as possible?

How the hell did that happen?

For years I've watched with amusement as people compared an old community to a new, always extolling how *friendly* the new community was. Such enthusiasm was noted towards Twitter, Reddit, and even Facebook in their earliest years. But... things change.

can i just step in here to ask, in a moment of relative chill before whatever next week brings, that we

- not make death threats
- block more, bully less

But, you know, I’ll just see how things evolve

I’m here, but posting a bunch of x-risk stuff would totally go against the vibe