it’s closer to a serious article than a blogpost

I find it bizarre and plain wrong to imply that blog posts can’t be serious articles.

both of which have a major flaw

What major flaw do you believe ActivityPub has?

looks better

What do you mean?

than ActivityPub

ActivityPub is decentralised. AT has a centralised index. They’re not comparable.

He decided to tell an embarrassing story about me that I’ve explicitly asked him not to share before

That’s not a red flag, that’s the end of the relationship.

No. I prefer signal rather than noise.

What makes you think they do that?

Do they genuinely believe the shit they’re peddling or are they paid propagandists or is their something more nefarious afoot.

From my interactions, I’ve come to the conclusion that they’re mostly seriously broken people who’ve discovered Marx, convinced themselves that capitalism is the cause of all suffering and believe socialism is the solution that will free them from their trauma. The degree of their attachment to socialism is a reflection of the degree of their suffering and brokenness.

If they weren’t so toxic, they’d be deserving of compassion and forebearance.