I don't see how this works.<p>What's the path to monetisation for this?<p>Exploitation of end users? That's counter to the impetus for decentralisation.<p>Charging end users directly? How are they going to compete with free?<p>Burn through of VC funds, followed by an eventual pivot?<p>> We’ve designed a protocol that has three big things we think are missing from the Mastodon ecosystem: account portability, global discoverability, [and] composable, customizable curation and moderation.<p>Those are missing from the MVP of Mastodon (and nothing's inobvious): portability, search and white/black lists.