Even on public instances, I don’t understand why people think defederating hurts the fediverse. Just join a different instance, how hard can it be?

I’m on 3 different instances right now

Social media needs to be as easy as possible if you’re going to reach the masses. Most people do not give a shit enough to create 3 accounts; they’ll just leave.

That’s just fine with me. Quality > quantity

Some of the best forums I use have just a handful of active users

But quantity and quality are linked. If only, say, 0.1% of people will post high quality content, that means you need to attract a thousand people to get a high quality poster. You can’t just put up a sign that says “high quality posters only”. Plenty of quality posters also want an audience, so they’ll go where the people are and leave if that audience isn’t there.

Ok, and I’ll go where I like the most people I like ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I left reddit for many reasons. I don’t want most of those people here.

So, to be blunt, I don’t care