Or, and get this, I could criticize fedi for its problems and go to other services that are more suited for the use case I want. While maintaining that my criticisms are valid (they are).

Because that's what I'm actually doing. Our side of the fediverse is dominated by e-drama, politics, and tech sperging. That will not change no matter what I do. In fact, even if I pointedly eschew it, which I tried doing for a couple months, it will follow me everywhere and I will not get the kind of engagement I'm hoping for. I will be pissing into the void.

And that's my point. The point is, if I want to talk about any topic outside of e-drama, politics, and tech sperging, it's actually in my interests to go on Discord, Twitter, or Reddit. This is a damning indictment of the fediverse, not of NEET's posting habits.