@john_fishermanFred Rocha there are a lot of good reasons to connect existing social networks to the Fediverse.

Mostly, so people on the Fediverse can stay connected to people that matter to them -- friends, family, colleagues, neighbors. Connecting to people is what social networks are for.

Second, so people on those networks can more easily move onto platforms they control themselves. We are getting better and better tools for those moves.