"the company looked at the history of social media over the past decade and didn’t like what it saw… existing companies that are only model motivated by profit and just insane user growth, and are willing to tolerate and amplify really toxic content because it looks like engagement… "
It’s open source, anyone can fork the repo any time they want. The original devs won’t like it but alosnyhere is bugger all they can do about it. It’s just that it would be a full time job to take on and no one has the time.