Most of the people I followed on Twitter. Unfortunately.
They have the main thing masses often look for: unity (as in the state of being united, not the company). Like it or not, federation is a brand new concept that regular users can't wrap their heads around.
It is easier to get into. It is easier to continue with it. There is an obvious no-brainer app.
Being invite only makes it seem like some kind of cool club.
Fediverse
A community to talk about the Fediverse and all it's related services using ActivityPub (Mastodon, Lemmy, KBin, etc).
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