> You also have to confront the elephant >.> in the room which is that people are signing up for Mastodon because of Mastodon, not because of the larger fediver

> You also have to confront the elephant >.> in the room which is that people are signing up for Mastodon because of Mastodon, not because of the larger fediverse. Or more precisely, people are signing up for Mastodon because they're leaving Twitter, and Mastodon is one of the most prominent alternatives. These people are already accustomed to a monolithic monoculture on Twitter and aren't committed to the principles of federation, so they're not bothered by the size of mastodon.social.