The downside of starting your own Fediverse instance is that it's effectively an island - a lonely, 1 person island.

Unlike joining an existing server/instance (and forgoing your absolute control/ownership), where there's an existing population to engage with, there is an additional step required to build those connections.

I feel redeemed! Thanks @spudooli ! Your follow has justified this migration 😸

@seriocomic It's good I can reply to you now. Plenty of times I wanted to on your posts on Bsky, but nah, they can suck it. So I just said my reply out loud into the universe. Now I can tell you what I think