@Gargron Citizen Mastodon

@Gargron Can we change post privacy in replies yet? That is a huge oversight.

@feditips I understand your concerns, but Mastodon has the right to run its own public server, and it has the right to offer the use of that server to the users of its primary software product. True, a predominant server on the Fediverse could be in danger of being acquired by a corporation and be subject to the hegemony of the rest of the web, but they can't own the Fediverse, and that is by design. As long as they offer alternative servers (they do), I am cautiously okay with it.

@feditips As long as other servers exist, and all our Masto data is portable, I don't have a problem with a default bucket server for new accounts on Mastodon.

A lot of users of social media don't care to shop around when they have already picked an app to use. When it's the Official Mastodon app, of course the Mastodon org is going to suggest their own official servers. And frankly, most users are going want the default server.

I think you are letting your ideals get in the way of reality.