Gregory's ServerI disagree. Mastodon's current architecture clearly doesn't scale. Any alternative implementations and approaches should be welcomed and the source code is available. No-one's forcing you to use it.
'Wildebeest is an AP compatible server...with minimal setup and maintenance, and running in minutes'.
The complexity of setting up a Mastodon instance dissuades many people (even techies) from doing so which inevitably hinders widespread adoption.