@Quinnae_Moon Nice essay !
I read Johnathan Flowers recently, on the affordances, lack of organization and funding in the fediverse, and sentiment of oppression https://techpolicy.press/the-whiteness-of-mastodon/ . QT is indeed as much a weapon for the marginalized to challenge the oppressors, as it is for far-right to doxx and perpetuate the domination.
To me, questioning virality relates to the debate between #accelerationism and #decelerationism, and the different flavors of l/acc, e/acc, r/acc. #networkeffect #Pareto