@ParanoidFactoid I do advocate for it. Just wasn't in this case. 🥰
But to be brutally honest the complaints about Mastodon are frankly absurd to me. I'm sure they're honest. I'm also sure whatever cultural shortcomings of Mastodon Facebook and Twitter are as bad or worse--except on those platforms IT'S ENCOURAGED by the owners.
And though the learning curve exists it's way overblown. They're not using it because they want to stay put or to not learn new things. NIMBY mentality.