I tried to use it, you know why I can't? Email! Everyone wants email, sure I can register b.s. emails but I shouldn't have to on a communication platform and no

I tried to use it, you know why I can't? Email! Everyone wants email, sure I can register b.s. emails but I shouldn't have to on a communication platform and not in 2022/23. You would think they'd have learned from reddit instead of twitter. Plus, I have seen this "federated"/distributed type of services. I am cautiously observing how it turns out because I have been burned before. Account lockouts, bad moderation, hostile servers, reliability,etc... I hope they get it to work though but what scares me is lack of commercial motivation, can you pay for a mastodon account or host ads on mastodon? And is there a good/standardized way where I can find out who is running an instance to hold them accountable? Ok, most of you who are not very young probably remember the golden days of IRC right? Need I say more?