@neatchee

"But I want to be where my friends are" doesn't respond to logic. It's a reaction that is literally bred into us as a species."

I don't think this is true on federated networks.

Do people join a phone provider because their friends are on it?

No, because it makes no difference, because phone networks are federated. You can call people even if you're on different providers.

Your friends aren't "on" another server, you're all on the Fediverse and can interact and follow each other.