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@Moon@shitposter.club I guess it's mostly because Masto marketed itself as the "healthy" social media. A lot of its promotion (such as in Masto's official video) centers around how it creates a tightly-knit community and is more ethical than centralized social media. Older people, who seem to have a less personal relationship with the internet and thus have less fun with it, may seek to join a platform that mitigates the harmful effects of most social media. Younger people, on the other hand, seem to be more interested in whether or not a particular platform sucks ass or not. In my experience, I've noticed a lot of my fellow Gen-Z'ers on Fedi fuck around with emoji reactions, Misskey Markdown, and such. Still, I've seen a lot of them appreciate how much better Fedi is when it comes to community than shitnexus platforms like Twitter then, X now, and Instagram. It's just that it's not their main priority. I agree with them. Almost anything with supportive admins and no algorithms would be healthy, so we should now be striving to make our communities fun.