

That’s my take on it too.
Late Web 1.0/early Web 2.0 we had a diverse ecosystem of forums, wikis, blogs (micro and macro), etc. The next logically step would have been to invent a protocol to get them talking to each other. Instead, the Big Web offered everyone convenience as long as they were happy living inside their walled garden, which was fine until it wasn’t.
We’re now just trying to fix the mistake of trusting the Big Web and get back to where we were before it all went wrong.
See also: !webrevival@lemm.ee.
I’ve said it before but join-fediverse needs to ask a few simple questions to walk new users through a decision tree that offers them a couple of instances at the end of the process:
This is just what I’d do if someone asked.me about joining the Fediverse and should help minimise decision paralysis.