"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.
@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.
@mykd @blaine
Here's what worked for me.
Tell them it's Twitter without the recommendation engine. If they don't search and/or follow, their timeline can be a quiet place and this is by design.
YMMV

@metrogn0me_gr @blaine

We’re talking about accounts being banned though, not the current lack of recommendation algorithms. I really see no value in telling my mum “Sorry mum, you can’t see Stephen Fry’s toots because your admin doesn’t want you to. It’s for your own good.” I’d just set her up on mastodon.social and never even say the word “fediverse”.