Pretty frequently, I see #Fediverse advocates on Threads asking prominent users to enable Fediverse Sharing.
I actually think this is kind of obnoxious behavior, especially as lots of people still don't know what the Fediverse is, or what value it brings to them as Threads users.
I'm not sure I have a better solution to propose, I just get the feeling sometimes that this could contribute to the meme that the Fediverse is full of annoying people who make demands.
I think a major source of disillusionment that I'm dealing with involves coming to terms with the shortcomings of #ActivityPub, especially as most of the network implements a Mastodon-centric version of the spec.
To be clear, I think the hackers building the cool, innovative, bleeding-edge stuff with it will be fine, will continue to develop, and will ultimately be the ones to move things forward in the long term.
However, I make no illusions about the protocol itself, The Social Web Foundation, or any of the working groups involved with it. To me, these are slow-moving, incapable of examining the true faults of the spec, and unwilling to accept hard criticisms. We have floating proposals for encrypted messaging, some half-baked concept for migrating identities around (LOLA), and maybe some vague promises about making the process of onboarding and building more palatable for corporations and businesses.
To me, this is a categorical failure at the highest levels. It has almost completely demoralized me from reporting on or participating in this space. I don't think Evan is particularly suited to building a community or evolving the spec or even acting as an advocate. His repeated interactions over the last few months have done more harm than good.
Do you know what it's like to be an advocate and a champion of a space for 15 years, to see upward mobility and evolution, to watch adoption hit a peak, and watch everybody in positions of authority just absolutely squander it over and over again, because they can't see past their own myopic views?