I'm happy it exists too. By far my favorite discussion about it was Oxide's last podcast:

https://oxide-and-friends.transistor.fm/episodes/blue-skies-...

Emily Kisane was on the ep, following their piece that blew up https://erinkissane.com/blue-skies-over-mastodon

> In addition to Bryan Cantrill and Adam Leventhal, we were joined by special guest Erin Kissane and long-time acquaintances of the show Tim Bray and Steve Klabnik.