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@pettter @j2bryson @drdelle Mainstream social media users will go wherever they have the best experience and largest audience. The best experience is where there's universal search (which Mastodon OGs don't want), algorithmic feeds (also despised by Mastodon OGs)(I don't mean current addiction-based ones, but more feeds filtered by topic interest), acceptance for commercial behavior for creators (many Mastodon OGs are against that too) and many other things that the current mainstream social media platforms offer.

To create a true alternative to the existing big social media giants, there needs to be enough well-funded servers to take in the traffic, and enough well funded apps to compete with the existing apps. This requires business models to be in place, and regulations that allow decentralization (as per what Joanna said earlier).

If Mastodon stays niche, then it is not relevant, and it can stay like the current one forever. But then it won't matter in the big scheme of things, and won't create a meaningful change to the current status quo.