Gregory's Server@blacklight F/LOSS folks are often worried about finding "the open alternative to X", without reflecting one second what problem does X resolve, if any.
And this is a bad strategy, because capitalism will keep producing X'es endlessly and relentlessly, and the F/LOSS community will always be doomed to pursue impossible goals.
What about solving the problem of "having an online presence" and "being in the social network kids these days find cool"? That's what 99 % of small businesses want.
@blacklight Damn, even autonomous social centers ignore the #fediverse. It's easier to find them in Twitter than it is to find them here. While Mastodon has advanced the #fediverse a lot, there are still some rough edges.
But fixing those require designers and UX people, which are nowhere as privileged as coders. And therefore, it's more difficult that the find the time, the energy, the incentives to help us.
Especially if we are assholes to them, or dismiss their work.