Should be 10 years soon. I honestly haven’t had any issues personally, but spez fell really low with his claims and decisions and I don’t like the corporate stink. Better do something before it does affect me personally, and help the Fediverse grow.
At best this is flipped, and at worst it just doesn’t fit. The “fuck around” part is the experimentation, and “find out” the conclusions made from that experience. Still, the concept is more about doing stuff without much premaditation and just seeing what happens.