[decentralised]

I humbly suggest that you have just pointed out the major flaw for federated social networks and decentralised platforms in general: they do not serve the same purpose of Twitter, Facebook and the like.

Users come to these popular platforms not worried about what it will take from them, but what they can take from the platforms. Notoriety, fame, a following.. validation or just a business model.

[Kaze404]

Why is being different a flaw?

[decentralised]

I don't think being different is a flaw, but people are drawn towards the familiar and what I'm pointing at is that this is the reason why gaining real traction beyond the dev community is so hard.