I am always amused by the people who still cling to Twitter and Bluesky. They like to claim that the Fediverse is not user friendly.

And maybe it could be a little easier to use. I don't have any issues with it, but I am a technically minded person who has been here a good long while.

But I think those people are missing the bigger picture. The benefit of the Fediverse is that it isn't actively user hostile. The Fediverse isn't being flooded by ads, misinformation, AI slop, and general hostility. And it certainly isn't subject to mass data mining efforts by the powers that be.

This isn't to say we don't have our own collection of assholes.

The choices people make often bewilder me. Many would rather use the slightly easier tool, despite the fact that it lies to them, makes them angry, and harvests their every action for analysis and marketing efforts.