@sireebob I have a long history of talking to the founder during my Diaspora days, and he always came across as a huckster. He's the sort of guy that sets up news bots and makes up that they're the official network of Anonymous to get traffic. The whole network consists of tinfoil-hat alternative culture of the Alex Jones variety.
He talked to me a lot about federation, and I gave him a decent amount of advice, but no word on whether the platform actually federates at all.