I feel like the reason #Mastodon, and the #Fediverse at large, aren’t taking off has to do with the fact that they’re actually social networks. People don’t seem to want a social network, they want content platforms. People aren’t using #Twitter or #Threads or #TikTok to keep up with their friends these days, they’re using these apps to entertain themselves. And since #Facebook and every other platform that used to be a social network began pivoting toward content promotion, I think society has forgotten what a social network is supposed to actually be anymore.
(E: Grammar.)
I do not view the threadiverse as a social network. It is a forum and link sharing service.
Microblogging. Who cares about it. Only people that want to be the person or follow the person. Same for companies and orgs.
Facebook. It is just a glorified address book and photo sharing service. The later has gotten kind of thin as people have moved to other platforms and promotional crap has clogged the feeds.