@danhon we wouldn't be here and nobody would give a damn about activitypub if it wasn't for the "mastodon monoculture".
The historical coincidences that made this happen are not important (being at the right place and time to benefit a little from the demise of twitter). What is important, as per Woody Allen, is to show up. And mastodon did.
People now complain about all sorts of rough edges with the protocol, with mastodon etc.
Thats because they care. Good things happen when people care.