Kevin Beaumont on Nostr: One thing I think really revealing about the Fediverse is it actually offers true ...

One thing I think really revealing about the Fediverse is it actually offers true free speech as anybody can run a server..

..but Elon Musk spunked billions on Twitter, where he complies with Turkish government access blah blah..

And Donald Trump spent millions on Truth Social, which runs Mastodon under the hood with federation disabled.

Maybe it isn’t about free speech for them. Maybe it’s about controlling who can speak, and influencing outcomes.