I know that. I used Mastodon and it was fine. It had too many moving parts for my taste.
So I looked at Pleroma, which I knew. I searched for it on Forums, on Reddit, etc. and somebody said to look at Akkoma and Rebased, too.
So, I did. I compared the two, liked both, didn’t check any background stories on the backends, etc. I just want to use the software. That’s all. And so far, I like it.
While I do appreciate a simple interface like the default Pleroma FE, I do actually like Soapbox. It’s a matter of preference and really no reason to judge, right? I’m not right-winged. I do have controversal opinions, but that’s what a healthy mind should have. I vote left, I worked for the census in my country and I also work as an election helper. So yeah. I just didn’t know the background of Rebased and I really don’t want to switch software again because of some weird beef in the open source commuity.