there's something comforting on mastodon wherein quoting, threading, and out-nuancing each other aren't as ubiquitous as it is on Twitter. having 500 characters helps but even before the Great Migration happens away from Twitter, I'm not saying social capitalists won't be a problem here?
the fediverse at least stands a chance of preventing huge individual prominences, and that's definitely valuable for online radical communities where cults of personality are an issue.