>...with the smaller ones making themselves irrelevant if they do. Irrelevant to who and/or what? I'd expect that most instances aren't interested in the stuf

>...with the smaller ones making themselves irrelevant if they do. Irrelevant to who and/or what? I'd expect that most instances aren't interested in the stuff going on over on Meta's services, most likely because they're on the fediverse to get away from them. What's more, not every site wants to monetize their users or maximize engagement. Rather, they aim to be a community. If your[0] goal is to "increase your reach" to improve your economic prospects, then small instances will likely be irrelevant -- to you. If that's your goal, I don't want you on my AP instance anyway. There's way too much of that elsewhere. [0] That's a general "you," not rvz specifically.