It's honestly understandable that most Jews want to stick to the social media platforms where they have a social circle and don't want to venture onto a new platform right now. Maybe sometime in the future I can give Kiddush.social a try again (I'll be keeping the domain name) but I'm not sure when that will be.

I still like the Fediverse for what it is, and believe it could represent a better future for social media, but it certainly doesn't solve all of social media's problems. There's just as much antisemitism here as most other social media platforms, just with a very smaller percentage of Jews and allies to actually call it out.

I think October 7th changed a lot of Jews' relationship with social media, and the Fediverse is no exception. Interacting with social media these days is tiring and frustrating. I don't blame the Fediverse per se, so much as just humanity, I guess.

In short, I do see Kiddush.social as a bit of a failed experiment, but it's an experiment I'm glad I did

Excellent news to see coming out of Shabbat. A little bit of good news has been sorely needed!