As somebody who’s been in the community alongside Ben and many others for 20+ years, this is true — an entire cohort has been working since the turn of the century to return agency on the Internet to individual users & organizations instead of a cabal of centralized, abusive tech titans. We’re in the midst of a major milestone. The goal isn’t “federation”, that’s a technique. The goal is _empowerment_ and architectures that enable more accountability and less abuse over time. We’re on our way.

RE: https://www.threads.net/@ben.werdmuller/post/C426RyIronNL_NXnedGsQc_lhsbtXlXtC834sM0