So I think the problem I have with all of that enthusiasm is that I don’t quite trust someone who hasn’t tried to make something with the fediverse themselves.

Without some technical experience to temper the ideological hype, it risks just being hype and not contributing anything to the broader mission.

I say this as someone who is somewhat concerned at how hard it seems to get a platform up and running on the fediverse and how much seems to be gravitating toward simply getting mastodon interop working (eg Wordpress and Discourse plugins).