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Conservatives actually embraced the fediverse en masse a few years ago. It didn't stick though. Truth Social is actually a walled-garden Mastodon instance.
Oh, and none of them knew what they were doing and signing up for.
Did they actively embrace the idea of federated open source software, or did they just quickly need a ready to use platform after Trump was banned from twitter? In a way, even if we dislike their politics, this is free software working as intended: anyone can use the code for any purpose and modify it to their liking.
Oh it was just that they needed a platform once he was banned. Like I said, it didn't take.