Let us be honest: if Mastodon was not such a complete mess and so hard to setup and administrate, if anyone could install a full server (small instance, up to 10 users top) using a cheap second hand Linux PC and a couple of hours of work, Threads (Meta / Facebook) and others would have no power of the Fediverse.
Think about that for a second.
We are talking in reverential terms about Mastodon, but it should not be the only game in town.
