@Gargron @blaine All I'm seeing is a thread that took a comment out of context (about emojis) then itself being taken out of context to imply.. not sure really.

I think it's always been clear that Mastodon is not the fediverse, it's a major user of it, but Activitypub is a w3c standard.

The press like to have a name and a face, and Mastodon and Gargron provide that, but that's merely convenience.