> The fact that one has to pick from many different places to set up an account is a massive barrier to entry... I wonder if a statement exactly like the above

> The fact that one has to pick from many different places to set up an account is a massive barrier to entry... I wonder if a statement exactly like the above one was said about alternative email providers being coinsidered by many AOL.com account holder so many years ago? > ...I don’t see this platform being able to benefit from the Twitter exodus... I suppoose it depends on how "benefit" is defined. But, also, Mastodon might be considered a platform, but (thankfully!) it only represents a single slice of the greater fediverse. Ultimately, if people chose NOT to migrate over to the fediverse, or choose NOT to use the mastodon stack, or do NOT join an instance, etc..., that's still ok, and not considered a "fail". The fediverse is not an industry, nor a competitive landscape in the same fashion that twitter, facebook and other commercial platforms might operate. In fact, the fediverse is not even a platform at all; its a federated network.