Volpeon (@volpeon)

And please, PLEASE don't conflate this with a desire for more popularity of the platform. I couldn't care less about that.

Moving forward also means making things better for people who are already here. And don't tell me you're happy with that sword of Damocles over your head that is "your instance admin didn't handle this situation well."

Your whole social graph shouldn't hinge on the behavior of one person you may not even know.
In a way, this arrangement is even worse than Discord because a "server" admin messing up and getting a "server" banned you're on doesn't mean you'll lose the ability to contact other people with that account ever again.
The whole point of a decentralized network is to be more resistant to this sort of dynamic.