Well, it's where we used to be — and it solves most of the issues of the modern web. Forums, blogs, IRC, teamspeak, gaming servers, etc, it all used to work relatively well with that approach.
> Plus, whenever I’ve gone to create an account I’ve been presented with a huge list of servers to chose from, many of which seem to be focused on a specific topic, which makes me think I need to pick which community I want to be tied to with minimal knowledge.
As you're already self-hosting ATproto anyway, why not self-host a mastodon instance as well?
I’m not sure what this comment is responding to. I don’t want a constant fail whale or a slow experience, and I don’t think a lot of other people would want that either.
> As you're already self-hosting ATproto anyway, why not self-host a mastodon instance as well?
Hosting a PDS is free, plus it’s considerably lighter weight conceptually than a whole Mastodon instance!