@fraying it was not my intention to provoke an argument 😳
@informapirata already answered some of the questions, but I will also do:
> Sincerely, why is that important? Every mastodon install is already an “independent hostable platform,” right?
Yes, even mastodon is self-hostable, but it is not really build to do that (except if you know what you are doing). But I said that mainly because federated platforms might bring similar issues like closed ones when it comes to shut downs or bans.