It just happened without it being seriously planned for, and now we can't change it (despite many attempts from different people) because changing would break too many things.
It's not that bad, thou...
I get that, seems like the whole system is moving fast and evolving organically which to me is promising. I guess there is something like https://github.com/vitorpamplona/nips/blob/relationship-status/81.md which seems like it could supersede a simple flat follow list.
How do these things kind of move into widespread use? Is it a matter of enough popular clients adopting the new protocol?
How do these things kind of move into widespread use? Is it a matter of enough popular clients adopting the new protocol?