Excellent points @eropple! The fediverse - or at least many stacks/implementatins/apps - does lack some features of twitter or bluesky, etc.; but, the omission

Excellent points @eropple! The fediverse - or at least many stacks/implementatins/apps - does lack some features of twitter or bluesky, etc.; but, the omissions tend to be by design. So, your points about my assuming that everyone's expectations are the same is valid. I should have been more clear, and noted that expectations should be different on the Fedi side of things. My intent was to show the OP that they should feel free to, well, feel empowered, and not feel like they need to be at the whim of some corporate entity - considering there exists technology that can give that person some more freedom and at least some mechanisms to engage with other humans, etc. But, your points are valid: the experience is different. For me, i rather like the purposeful constraints of the Fediverse, but of course it might not be for everyone; that's true. ;-)