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.
@anildash @tchambers that may justify their continued presence on Twitter, but not their lack of efforts to recreate that experience elsewhere. Especially because it's something that takes time, the latter they get started and the less effort they put in NOW that both exist, the worse off they'll be when —inevitably— Twitter goes down for good.