Activity Pub? Like, there's coloring books and shit to do while you drink? I'm in.
Somebody suggested that we should stop saying "instance" and start saying "pub"
The federation drama becomes all about if members of pub x can get in the door at pub y, or if they have to go out and join a different pub to get in
And the "don't let your local become a Nazi bar" story just slots right into the metaphor