@darnell as someone still new to the Fediverse, I think it's because the fediverse is quite confusing. I'm learning as best I can here, but I see why folks could be turned off from trying out the Fediverse. There has yet to be widespread adoption, and most people are still tied in some way(fam/work/school) to the Big tech platforms. I like Mastodon and I am trying out the other Fediverse variants as well, but there is indeed a learning curve. I've hear of CounterSocial before too