Thanks for the explanation! I love your take on the situation. And even though I don't agree with lemmy.ml's stance I think it's nice that they're allowed to run their site however they want, too. I just found out about these federated services recently and they're so exciting. It feels like maybe, if we all spread the word and participate, maybe we'll get some semblance of old-internet culture back. The monolithic service model is awful and I can't wait to see it go.