ran across this post about the fediverse from 2010 and remembering how times haven't changed all that much. bluesky who?! lets just wait for the google buzz federation! https://blog.steren.fr/2010/09/27/every-team-needs-statusnet/
a screenshot of a chinese user of #StatusNet (one of the first pieces of software on the early #fediverse)
via https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StatusNet-zh_CN.png