I agree that many social media platforms - whether X, Substack, or others - are basically stacked against progressive ideas, and there is little good that can be done by staying on them - since that would would only drive further money into the pocket of Nazi supporters.
However, I do worry about outreach. While the #Fediverse is largely friendly to progressive ideas, will it matter in the long run if what passes for "public discourse" happens elsewhere? How can we bring progressive ideas further into the mainstream, while large political and corporate forces are pushing into the opposite direction?
Every now and then I want to @mention someone I know, who I remember interacting with here at some point, but I can't remember their fediverse address. Every time I try, I remember the existing #fediverse apps aren't good at helping me distinguishing my friends from the random strangers I've casually chatted with here.
This is why we're nowhere near ready to replace FarceBook. Although I'm hopeful that newer projects like Bonfire might get us closer...
@MissingThePt We already had that a few decades ago. All the chat services like ICQ, Jabber, Gadu Gadu, MSN and a good half dozen of others were perfectly usable via 3rd party programs, and there were some good ones which supported all of those services.