It's tempting to stick with the platforms that we know because of the communities we've built upon them. And a social platform's worth lies in its communities. But communities don't just appear out of thin air; it takes the work of many hands. With every betrayal by these monolithic social media organizations that sends us further and further from the foundations that once offered such a great thing for people, and every attempt at mass migration that falls flat when we realize that what we had can't be found anywhere else, I think that picture becomes clearer and clearer. The fediverse is inevitably going to be very difficult to adjust to, and the groundwork isn't going to do itself.
This is far from the first time that social media organizations have betrayed us, and it won't be the last. The sooner we put in the effort to establish communities elsewhere and make the fediverse more approachable for everyone, the easier it will be for the next group of refugees when a corporation inevitably gets out of line, and the sooner we'll all be ready to eviscerate the dark patterns perpetuated by these predatory corporations. I think this is one of the fediverse's greatest strengths. In similar fashion to how many Reddit communities unified to rally against Reddit with a common goal of supporting the tireless work of moderators, 3rd-party app devs, and the many Redditors that have made these communities what they are, ActivityPub and the fediverse provide powerful foundational tools for people across all of social media and many walks of life to unify in disestablishing these dark patterns, and their perversion of the internet and how we connect with one another, all for the next quarter's profits.
I think the fediverse is the only way to truly move forward.