@Gargron It’s well known in business that attention too early in a product cycle can harm it. That’s why Gmail did a private beta, so it could get better before it was public.

Leveraging media attention is also a marketing skill that few developers have, that’s especially hard with decentralized open source systems.

It’s fine. There’s always spotlight on social media issues, so more opportunities will come, and then Mastodon and the Fediverse will be better prepared.