I think you are missing his point, that the fediverse in large parts is failing to live up to its own aspirations. Yes, of course the people who gravitated to the fediverse expect more independence and self organization, but I think people also expected some semblance of cooperation and community.

It feels like instead of having one large empire ruled by an emperor, we're instead in a divided land ruled by hundreds of kings. The abuses are the same, but more localized.

Yes you can move on to the next realm once you make an enemy of some minor tyrant, but this also forces people to be more transient. Which isn't amicable to creating a long lasting community with lots of engagement.

Reddit has it's problems, everyone here already knows that. But, that shouldn't prevent us from engaging in self criticism about the fediverse. A system that can't be criticized is a system doomed to stagnation.

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

I'm not saying don't criticize it. I'm saying even understand what it's trying to do before you start whining about how it doesn't work.

This was always, ALWAYS going to happen. That was the plan. The idea isn't to magically solve all of Reddit's problems, but to decentralize the product. It's the same product, OF COURSE it has nearly the same identical flaws on a per-instance basis.

The entire point is the federation and choice, NOT some mystical idea of a Reddit without Reddit problems. That's just stupid expectations.