I found myself chatting with my dad and brought up the topic. I couldn’t come up with any actual advantages a federated platforms had. The main reason I use any federated platforms is because they’re either not as enshittified as the alternatives or run by huge dickwads. Since it mostly fits those criteria, I’m on Bluesky too, but once that goes I’ll either switch to another un-shittified platform or Mastodon.
But on its own, what advantage does a federated social media have?
It isn’t. It just aligns better with the privacy preferences of some people.
Which is kinda funny, because from what I gather, it’s even less private than some of the large social networks. (everyone can see everything vs one entity sees everything, but no one else).