I wanted (and still want) it to be different. Where I would reconnect with people that felt the same (and many of us still fondly remember Google+ and its predecessor Orkut ;) but also connect with new people that made the jump for whatever other reason. I hoped (and still hope) that we can explore new ways. To boldly go where no social network has gone before :) Discussions around threads, bluesky are a distraction to me.