Aside from the opinion on whether that would be good or bad, I think the infrastructure wouldn’t be able to absorb so many users in such a short time, unless many of them host servers, something that seems unlikely, even if they donate to existing servers I think many would crash or the admins would be overflow

Yes, working through a third-party cloud is not ideal, but I have not seen anything that matches the price/simplicity and is self-hosted.

Regarding security, I don’t have it so I can’t confirm it 100%, but it’s not supposed to override the traditional key or block the handle, so you shouldn’t have that problem.

It’s not a problem for me, but I think you should label this as NSFW.

I think Lemmy is better prepared to withstand that part of the massification if it becomes popular. The fragmented server system helps distribute the moderation work, and if any instance goes too far in one way or another to the point of becoming a problem, its users would move between them.

After that Supreme Court decision, I believe the United States will not be able to recover a full democracy without a massive constitutional overhaul or a completely new constitution.