and what circumstances would trigger the phase shift are both highly circumstantial also create a soft path dependency thats why i think its noticeable that the current disagreements on bsky mods are so focused on figurative death threats

sure, the marketplace of moderation is the point, and sorta inevitable with atproto, but this is mainly an observation on which specific circumstances will trigger the phase transition from 'this is theoretically possible and a few ppl are experimenting with it' to an adoption by a wider audience