@Natasha_Jay
I've talked to others about this as well, but I really do think it comes down to the way we engage with them.
I come from a technical background. I'm comfortable talking to technical people and I'm a pretty technically confident person.
We need to design systems that allow for the non-technical people to be comfortable and confident. If that means they are on a curated and heavily managed instance of an ActivityPub bridged protocol? Awesome - truly.
I don't need them to be uncomfortable so that I am comfortable.