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[โ€“] [email protected] 6 points 18 hours ago

Because all their friends stay. So to get them to switch, you'd need everyone thay know to switch, which would need everyone they know to switch...

... soon, you need to organize a switch between millions of people, which really isn't happening.

So the only people on fedi are those ok with keeping multiple profiles, and even then just the ones that value the technical aspects over quantity of content: mostly tech nerds and people with strong feelings about politics.