<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://key.portend.place/@smitten" class="u-url mention">@<span>smitten</span></a></span> this comparison is just fresh in my head from current events but the idea of making fedi appear more "respectable" to garner the support of governments, megacorps etc. reminds me of how the olympics are used as a pretext to purge poor & homeless ppl</p>