I honestly have a lot of empathy for people who are having trouble letting go of Twitter because they used to be popular, or very engaged, there. I made amazing relationships there, and there was a time when I really loved the feedback loop I had. (I didn’t care that much about being “known”, but I valued the access it gave me.) It’ll be years before the fediverse reaches its own equivalent strengths, and I don’t fault anyone for struggling to transition from a familiar (if failing) platform.
LB: I often see people here heavily criticizing those who are still on Twitter and… folks, we should be better than that. The world is much more complicated than the black-and-white scenarios you depict.
People have relationships. People have cliques. People have communities. People have sources of income. And people make compromises. You can’t blame them for hesitating in rebuilding everything from scratch. They are not selfish, or unaware, or uncaring, or clout-chasers.