[davepeck]

To add some color to my comments: I also believe in your approach and I admire the work you and your team have done.

To sum up my entirely unoriginal opinions:

1. Mastodon has far better usability than any other Fediverse software I'm aware of

2. Despite this, usability is still a material coefficient of drag on Mastodon's growth

To be clear, I don't believe Mastodon has to or even should aspire to match the growth of other more centralized networks; only that usability is a drag on what would otherwise be natural growth for Mastodon itself.

I know you and your team spend a considerable amount of time and energy on usability, so I hope I'm not saying anything you don't already know infinitely better than I.