perilouspear

Indeed, in many cases the takeaway is that the greater public just isn't interested in what these individuals are saying. If it were, the personal sites and small uncensored platforms you mention would be sought out by it, but with few exceptions that practically never happens. Even with platforms with the potential for limited/no content moderation like Mastodon, the bigger nodes with less polarized demographics tend to be those that moderate their content. It's almost impossible to build a healthy community on a platform where anything goes.

UI/UX also needs to be buttery smooth and non-technical, especially where setup/onboarding is concerned. The more you stray from that the more difficult it's going to be to bring in a significant population of users.