It’s not supposed to answer the question. It’s pointing out that the mental model and assumptions behind the question are flawed, and thus the question itself is flawed.

with a single account (isn’t that the point of the fediverse?).

Absolutely not. I’m not sure why people see Lemmy, Mastodon, Pixelfed, Peertube, Loops, etc as all the same thing that should all be one app.

They might communicate with the same protocol, but they have vastly different uses, interfaces, styles, and experience. It’s like saying you want one vehicle that drives like a motorcycle, haules the kids around, gets great mileage, and can tow 20,000lbs.

All your tools fit in the same toolbox, but you use each one separately for the use it’s best suited. Then you put it down and pick up another. Sure you can make a multi-tool but it won’t do any job as well as a proper dedicated tool. It’ll just kinda work if you have no better option.

Is that what candle lady said?

I wouldn’t do well eating a handful of plastic wrappers eithor.
Everyone knows you’re not supposed to eat the wrapper.
Were these fish raised by wolves?

Sure! People used to use them for journaling all the time.

Everyone used to have a blog, until the big social media “platforms” kinda took over the internet.

You could try substack. They make it easy to monetize your blog.

I never had a problem with the moderation. Just the platform enshittifying to maximize profit.

So you want people to listen to you, while you don’t have to listen to them. That’s called a blog. Try WordPress or something.

Then you switched for the wrong reasons.
You could always go back.
Or start your own server.

Being an idiot in a hurry, I saw the medication Warfarin