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I think it's also a lack of tech understanding. I know how easy it is to fork a repo so I get how great the fediverse is with all the services being FOSS and anyone can create an instance. This major benefit makes no sense to someone who doesn't even know what a git repo is or the difference between free (but you are the product being sold) and FOSS.
Even if you understand the tech, the fediverse has a content discovery problem. The content you want to see may actually exist. However, your instance needs knowledge of the content that best fits you. That's what bluesky's model does better.
Yep this is the real problem. I can't find the stuff I want to see on Mastodon. But on Bluesky it's super easy.
This. The average user doesn't want to know about the workings and 'All that technical stuff', and why should they?
They want to click an icon and have everything and everyone there. They shouldn’t have to swap instances or what have you.
I put Mastodon on a back burner as it's just too clunky (for me at least) and am currently interacting with people from all over on BlueSky. Half the time on Mastodon (various apps/instances, web, or browser) I couldn't even log on.
BlueSky will probably go the way of others. Yes, there is a troll problem, and you need to be wary. But I had the same to a lesser extent on Mastodon.
In the end, I've had to accept my relatives, work, and old Army colleagues will never be on there, I've become resigned to that and keep a WhatsApp account for that reason.