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Re:Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely by JumpCrisscross on Thursday June 15, 2023 @02:25PM (#36344604)
> Federation is confusing and alienating to non-technical users, and nerds who love federation tend to have a mediocre grasp of social dynamics and gloss over the inevitable abuses

Doesn't this also describe Reddit mods?

Re:Reddit’s blackout protest is set to continue indefinitely by anigbrowl on Thursday June 15, 2023 @02:35PM (#36344739)
It does, and that's another opportunity to repost this evergreen paper describing how these issues manifest on Reddit.

https://arxiv.org/abs/1803.03697