You know I'm a committed user of the fediverse, perhaps this post will surprise you. Still, at some point the truth has to be told, before lying leads to a catastrophe. I think I've been present in the fediverse (sometimes hosting a pod of some software and sometimes not) since
Potential defined by whom? How measured?
I am having fun on fedi. Several million other people too. We’re all using different software to access it. Sounds like a success story to me.
Can it be better? Yes. Will it be better? Probably. Will posts like this help it make better, or help create a better system? No, not even close.