Comment by Animats

The open source social crowd does not get this at all. Federated social networks exist, and their user-facing sides suck.

Here's the home page for joining Diaspora.[1]

Here's the home page for joining Urbit.[2]

Here's the home page for joining GNU Social.[3]

Any questions?

[1] https://joindiaspora.com/ [2] http://urbit.org/ [3] https://gnu.io/social/