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@thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange
This is indeed a positive signal. That said, as long as an enemy element is still on the working group, ongoing vigilance is indicated.

It's not all that surprising that they're getting "bored" with ActivityPub. The regulatory threat is waning with the fascist capture of the US and possible in-progress collapse of GDPR, so the need to openwash in this particular manner is no longer as acute. And I will always believe that the pushback from #FediPact and the widespread response of revulsion from the community was a thing they had not previously encountered, were inept at countering, and that successfully pissed into their punchbowl.

In fact, most of the fedi is blocking them at this point except for the flagship, so if/when they pull out altogether almost no one will even notice except for the collaborators

@FediPact@cyberpunk.lol

@Mastodon@mastodon.social
White Mastodon's play for institutions is understandable in the context of its "good-growth" ideology, it's also indicative of a certain euro-naivete about the true nature of government. Trying to catalyze more institutional involvement in the fediverse will also inevitably invite unwanted scrutiny and interest by politicians to control, censor, surveil and age-gate the platform(s).

It's unfortunate that these pipe dreams about "a billion users" continue to obscure to some the dangers faced by the fedi in an authoritarian age. Others of us will continue with a call to #EmbraceTheNiche and to recognize the true value the fediverse experiment can bring to an increasingly fascist reality as a dissident network beyond state control