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You are not comparing like for like. Twitter is pretty much 20 years old, so are Facebook, Reddit and YouTube. In addition, they were essentially first of a kind in their niche. The fediverse is not even a teenager and the growth spurt hasn’t set in and may never. In addition, the fediverse is utilitarian by comparison, not much beyond proof of concept. Apps, platforms and instances are fragile and evolving. Basic things mostly work, but it’s not “cool” enough to tempt organisations to join, media companies, etc. We barely agree on how things interact with each other, for example, Mastodon uses hashtags, Lemmy doesn’t. Lemmy has communities, Mastodon doesn’t. It’s not that one is better than the other, it’s still being worked out by the community. You also have to remember that there have been many “failures” along the way. Geocities, MySpace, Usenet, AOL, bulletin boards and bang path addressing. The fediverse might succeed, whatever that means, or it might not. I’m a user on Mastodon, Lemmy and Bluesky, they’re evolving day by day. I’m not sure if I could tell you what I like or dislike about each, they’re just different.