@tchambers
Excellent posts! As a new user just now wading into these waters, this sums up so much of my confusion.
I've been trying to figure out how to "do it right" - including the questions of identity and "should my own WP website be federated so content gets auto-posted", Bluesky etc.
The UX (and guides) for this whole thing feels like 2010. When most people are used to modern UX.
I think there is a deeper layer of 'identity management' that could address a lot of the issues.