I feel like if you scroll through any area outside of the fediverse you will here MASTODON SUCKKKKS OMG I HATE IT SO MUCH, it’s gonna fail. or comments saying mastodon will only exist for another year tops. Keep in mind I know in terms of microblogging apps for the fediverse mastodon is not the best, calckey is likely the best but most people only know mastodon
It’s hard to understand and the average person doesn’t want to think about any technical details when using a social media platform.
Fediverse apps require you to know what’s going on a lot more than something like Twitter or Reddit.