I treat Mastodon like a secret, exclusive club. In 3+ years on here, I think I've told 3 people IRL about it. When they showed zero interest in it, I was like, oh thank god.
@the_etrain I once mentioned on Facebook that it was 'like the old-school twitter without AI'. Someone informed me that they didn't want to join because they didn't like the name, and someone started arguing that you can't run anything for free because someone has to pay for electricity. I thought, this is clearly not for these people, and left the conversation.
@TazPoltorak
And so it goes.