@paralithode Hard agree. I think the Activity Pub model is brilliant because it defines how we can communicate with each other no matter what experience we all have individually.
The next big challenge is migration, but like you said, it's not wholly awful without any formalization of that process.
That is very encouraging. It means we're figuring it out on a micro level. That's the future. A nomadic social media experience that is in the complete control of the user? That's magic.