> “The Fediverse” needs to end, and I don’t think anything should replace it. Speak instead about communities, and prioritize the strength of those communities. Speak about the way those communities interact, and don’t; the way they form strands and islands and gulfs. I’ve taken to calling this the Social Archipelago.

For a wildly different path to reaching the same conclusion, see also this SSC post: https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/06/07/archipelago-and-atomic...