social.coop, the Mastodon instance that I'm mostly on, is a coop, so users like me get to vote.
An important vote just closed, about whether to federate with Meta's Threads or not.
I don't quite agree with the outcome, but it is something I can live with as a compromise, and I VASTLY PREFER this messy, argumentative, and lengthy (yes!) process of member democracy over any unilateral action by any instance administrator or overlord, even if they are quite benevolent.
