Why would that prevent them from moving and thriving? They just invite their friends.

I’ve seen a few posts from folks complaining about the culture on mastodon and effectively getting harassed there.

Are they still thriving there? I’ve seen a few, but there seems to be way more on bluesky.

Someone in another thread said he has a mastodon account. Dunno if he posts there or not.

Ive used pihole and also just removed the network’s settings.

If you want to stream, i don’t know how useful any of these mitigations are. You’re giving them some data to subscribe and use. Even if you share accounts, who knows what the apps collect.