Where might one find one of these “polite societies”?

What's broken besides piefed?

I'd say it's more like a big truck than a series of tubes.

I wouldn't say "driven" or "polite", but partially true, at least. Also, wasn't the fediverse always supposed to be a conglomerated mess? That's one of it's defining features.

It's like email. Deal with it.

I think the only difference is that, unlike email, all fediverse uses the same* activitypub protocol. Other than that, yeah, it's just like those house-castles.

* Some differences may arise depending on implementation, like misskey reactions

When comparing the fediverse to email we're talking about the technology. It's a simplification to explain how it all connects together using a very similar and known example.

lol these were constructed with mostly Saudi Arabians in mind. Didn't really work out.

It feels like raiding dungeons actually but that could work too

Whoever is behind those projects is the sort of kid who'd retell the same joke over and over expecting it to be as funny as the first time.