I just realized that Mastodon is totally in line with this long-ass article I wrote, "There Will Be More Intermediaries. Not Less.",
tl;dr: Moore’s law breaks up concentrated information silos into fractally smaller bits, like so much grease in soapy dishwater.
https://medium.com/@2W/there-will-be-more-intermediaries-not-less-63a591d4c8eb