It is funny to me that people feel outrage by Musk buying Twitter and then flock to the fediverse, but were not outraged by Twitter's ads, complete control over their accounts, data collection and so on. Maybe they should understand that first, so that they know what to stay away from.

Also it is worth mentioning, Musk is not the problem here. The system that creates Musk is the issue. It was Bill Gates, and Zucky, and before were oil-giants, and bankers, and royal families and so forth.... Musk is not the one we should throw rocks at, but the system of trade is. This global insane system that all it wants from us is to trade this for that, giving rise to businesses, inequality, waste, billionaires, useless products, data collection, ads and so forth.

That being said, welcome to the fediverse and understand that this network is going to be ok only if we keep it away from trades. As soon as any federated platform will start asking something in return from you, like your data, attention, currency, freedom and so forth (trade), shit will hit the fan. Big instances have enormous power in this network too. They can de-federate and stop communicating with other instances, and slap a monthly fee on their own instance, or insert ads and who knows what.

So, the fediverse is great right now, since it is mostly made up of honest instances - different people from around the world creating their own instances. However more and more such people (admins) are cutting ties with other instances from a lack of thicker skin (knee jerk reactions), so in time, the network will grow divided and broken.

The fediverse should, in my view, be seen as a network-protocol. You can have your own instance and manage it (whatever rules you have) but never cut ties with other instances. This way we can all connect with each other, and your home (your instance) is still as clean as you want it to be. But if I am on your instance, let me connect to whoever the hell I want. It is not your business, dear admin, who my friends are, as long as I personally respect the rules of your instance.

Ok.