Despite my worries, I have some hope about the current state of the Fediverse.
1. @mammoth was right to default to its own app-specific server—I was wrong. Other app developers should follow suit
2. The *key apps are growing very fast, especially in Japan—but also in the West too
3. There’s Bluesky—so if ActivityPub fails to decentralize, AT protocol is an option
Mastodon is not *yet* the only option.