You can once they have both been set up, the history from that point on is shared.
The same reason you said a 32 hour work week is impossible, "because manufacturing"
Why does overtime exist already? The question you are asking on the face is so asinine it barely merits a response.
The blue collar workers aren't "picking up the slack" of a sysadmin who manages the warehouse system, are they? no, they don't have the desire or skills to manage a server and that's fine. But you cannot pick up slack for people who do uniquely different work?
I think the harm caused by bots affects the whole community and culture, that is why I hope other people will see that a community without bots would actually create a preferable culture and would increase the demand for good quality content.
Agreed, I quit my browser when I encounter that sense that I've read this or heard this already.. that sensation is happening more and more frequently and so far, the fediverse has been a huge let down for me personally. I was hoping for a return to sense and humble origins of what made reddit good, instead people are literally just emulating reddit 2019 culture on the fediverse and it gives me extremely senior "get off my lawn" vibes.
That's my understanding as well, I think a hardline on this topic that can be agreed upon as a federation standard will work wonders to curb potential spam and bot abuse in the future.