The good news is that there are some straightforward opportunities for significant short-term safety improvements. If fediverse funders, developers, businesses, and "influencers" start prioritizing investing in safety, the fediverse can turn what's currently a big weakness into a huge strategic advantage.

Contents:

• It's about people, not just the software and the protocol
• It's also about the software
• And it's about the protocol, too
• Threat modeling and privacy by design can play a big role here
• Design from the margins – and fund it!