blaine"Mastodon sucks because any one of the 5000+ communities can set their own rules and might accidentally deprive people in that community of my witty hot takes for a reason I personally believe to be flippant" isn't the sick burn that the Twitter user with 50k followers thinks it is.
Michael 
@blaine maybe not, but I’m not looking forward to repeatedly explaining to friends and family why they can’t see their favourite celebrity’s toots any more.
Scott JensonBut that's exactly the difference in a nutshell. Centralized social networks naturally gravitate towards massive celebrity accounts. Federated servers tend to gravitate towards communities. It *is* smaller, by design. I have 1/25th the followers I had on Twitter yet the engagement is far higher (and much better) so from my point of view, it's not a loss)
dekks herton 
Great explanation, couldn't have done any better, i can see more FAQ pages coming about how to find specific people.