Yes, there is currently some disagreement among our users on how much we should change our, let’s say, idiosyncratic site culture now that we’re federated. Not everyone wanted to federate in the first place, and most of us didn’t really know what to expect. For the past three years, we haven’t had to play by anyone else’s rules, and not everyone is enthused about the prospect. Also, as an explicitly political space, while we have discussions about other things, we don’t have any spaces where veering into politics is unexpected or unwelcome.

Personally, I think federation is the most excitement we’ve had in ages, so I’m in favor of adapting and playing by the rules, because otherwise I think it’s inevitable that we’ll get cut off eventually. But it’s a pretty big change in a pretty short time-frame, so tbh idk what will happen.