Fediverse needs to get shiny and intuitive. This “just open the source code and change a few variables” github energy isn’t good enough for a big boy platform.
Which probably means more people need to be working on it, because I’m certain the people who have made the functional thing we have now have their hands full maintaining it and making iterative improvements.
It probably helps in one way and harms in another to say: it feels that way because it is that way.
It’s at least nice to know you’re onto something. You’re seeing what’s there. Your head is screwed on straight! Yay!
The situation still sucks, but a partial victory is a partial victory.