On non-federated platforms, the quantity of content contributes to the cost a user experiences when trying to switch to a different platform.
On federated platforms there is zero cost to switching, and even more, it is not zero sum. I can follow both of I think both have value.
Non-federated platforms don't allow such a choice, and there is this hidden cost of inertia built into it that the federation bypasses.
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America/US?