Commentators called this a mark against federation: "You can't rely on random, thin-skinned volunteer sysops for your online social life!"

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But the mastodon.lol saga demonstrates the *strength* of federated social media, not its weakness. After all, 450 million Twitter users are also at the mercy of a thin-skinned sysop - but when he #enshittifies his platform, they can't just export their data and re-establish their social lives elsewhere in two clicks:

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