@davey_cakes @BrodieOnLinux I think the ability to connect with non-nerds sounds like the motivator, though I was a little confused about the mentions of 'one chance to go mainstream'. I'm not sure why it's the only chance, and I'm not sure going mainstream is worth the costs.
@malin yeah, if you need to compromise everything to go mainstream then we should delete all the servers tomorrow and join Threads directly.
I think Fedi is as mainstream as it's going to get - the kind of people who might try it will have heard of it somewhere. After that there's never going to be a big push or anything.
Some people want it to "win" and that's ok but it doesn't mean it's a mistake for others to not want to sacrifice anything to that.