@opphunter88 @lamp I pushed federation extremely hard. At a point I just started saying the word "federation" constantly to make a point.

"You know what would fix that? Federation."
"Now that we did that other thing, maybe next we can add federation."
"How bout that federation?"
"I think we should do the thing Mastodon was designed to do, which is federate."
"Federation! Amirite?!"

I pitched it multiple times. I even got a bunch of people to agree with me. But it still never happened, I'll let you decide why.