so, via their latest staff update, cohost is shutting down. no celebrations here. cohost was doing a lot of interesting stuff. but, the reason the fediverse is decentralized is because no one can carry the weight of "everyone in one place" without doing the evil we all (including cohost devs) decry - "selling my data", "ads", "algorithmic timelines", "selling our company to musk when it stops being profitable"

this should be a small lesson in what's necessary in the foundations of our collective projects