Fediverse and parasocial relationships

• Shouldn’t the fediverse discourage patterns that create parasocial relationships?

• Wouldn’t it be better if the standard was a symmetrical relationship between users instead of the asymmetrical follow model?

• Most big social medias thrive on parasocial-relations, is it necessary to emulate that model for success?

• Shouldn’t we focus on community building and mutual friendship instead of forcing everyone to be a mini-celebrity?

• Aren’t communities/groups better for discoverability than the public feeds of mastodon, pleroma,etc