Right about now is the time when early adopters get annoyed by the newcomers. I've been there, and I get it. But responding to a benign observation about building an audience isn't going to change the trajectory of this place.
And, right now, Mastodon is at a critical inflection point. It's crossed beyond the point of no return: it is firmly in the valley of death for social media networks. There are only two outcomes at this point:
- become a dominant social network
- crash and burn