This is a moody 
post about the Thing Whose Name We Can’t Tell, with detailed explanations…
You start like this:
What's wrong with this icon?
It’s not the ActivityPub logo, which is used anywhere else (e.g., ActivityPub), nor it is the proposed Fediverse logo (which we use a version of in Fediversity). It’s a 
thing, because what was before is not good enough, and it would certainly hurt if people would realize that… (wait for it…)
And you finish like this:
What's wrong with this picture?
… you don’t need to login to see public content on the Fediverse. IOW nobody needs to track what you’re reading online if it’s public content. So this above is a complete capture of your attention for you to access a public space. Please log in before reading the fscking poster in front of you (so we can know what you read, when you read it, how long you read it, what replies make you tick, etc.)
OK, OK, I’ll tell you.
This is the absolute opposite of what the Fediverse stands for: capture + NIH over collaboration & sharing; scrutiny over discretion.
Do you think it’s a matter of insignificant details? Well, no: it’s a very well-known colonial pattern that we’ve seen over and over and over again in different times, at different places, even before computers were invented.
You ignore what exists and make it so it appear to be your own.
What can someone coming from behind this login button say, except: what is a fediverse?
