I've been reading the threads of pundits punditing about the future of the #Fediverse, saying that it will only succeed if it gets taken over by Google, or Twitter becomes an instance, or the app gets a no-choices-required signup, or the current users stop being protective of "their" network.
But as long as they keep talking about "the Mastodon protocol" and "the Mastodon network" and fail to see the bigger #Fediverse then they don't know what they're talking about and I'm gonna ignore 'em.
