The Fediverse - especially the microblogging side of it - has deep issues when it comes to environmental sustainability.
And the high resource requirements, which result from an incredible level of redundancy, aren’t just bad environmentally: they make running a server more costly, and increase our reliance on Big Tech’s infrastructure.
I wrote about all this, along with some suggestions for how we can improve things somewhat.
How about we do it because it makes us feel good, morally? How about we do it because we want to set a good example?
This whole “I won’t change until those who are worse than I am change,” is so juvenile to me.