In part because it reminds me a bit of the old internet, with stuff being spread around everywhere.
Being “harder”* to understand than reddit, twitter or other big companies’ services is also a good thing, because people should remember that they have a brain and they should use it.
- “harder” because not everyone understands the fediverse right away, since usability is extremely similar
PS: ^superscript doesn’t work with phrases? at least not on preview^
Reddit would never come to exist in that case, I think. MySpace and Facebook would probably’ve had a harder time growing. The sheer amount of php forums over the net was mind blowing.