Sounds like back pedaling.

Part of being free and accessible for everyone is allowing defederation.

That’s not how the fediverse works though. Google and Facebook were the two biggest sites online, but even then they still couldn’t “squash” the world wide web, the most successful federated service.

By being the first major social network to adopt activityhub, it means they have an advantage when/if activityhub takes off.

This isn’t malicious compliance, it’s compliance with the law to the very letter. Good job.

Good. The rule is stupid and deserves to be worked around. Water is essential. I hate when I go to these kinds of public places and they give you no option to get water other than bringing it yourself. Poor logistics on the part of the event organizers.