I like the idea of decentralized social media. Having a single for-profit company moderating all content feels sleazy.
The beauty of the fediverse is that there's independent competition. If you don't like how a certain space is being run, you can choose another or create your own. It's ironically very "free-market capitalistic", in contrast to the political leanings of the user-base. Lol
I don't know if he's still going, or if it's new people taking on the name, but I've been seeing them circulate while searching for stuff to post to lemmy.