The re-brand of the Fediverse as "Mastodon" has created big problems -- problems that were both predictable and preventable.
For one thing, the honeymoon period for Mastodon is over.
People aren't willing to ignore its flaws anymore because it's the one alternative to Twitter that has traction.
Now people want creature comforts.
But guess what? Because the entirety of the Fediverse is branded as "Mastodon", people are more likely to migrate to Bluesky than elsewhere on the Fediverse.
@atomicpoet It is not too late. Educating people takes time. #Bluesky is the new shiny object. It has the advantage that they can sell future promises while the Fediverse has to put up. But soon enough reality will bite and that will come down to earth.
To move beyond Mastodon the Fediverse needs a killer alternative application. Calckey is very cool, but honestly it is still a little rough, and has no edit capability (...yet), which has become a "must have" feature IMO.
@mastodonmigration @atomicpoet Every now and then I play with Calckey and admire it, but it's not yet ready for primetime for me.