One of the things that weighs me down is posts making me dwell on the things that weigh me down.

Anyone who isn’t at least mildly interested that you know Morse code isn’t someone you want to know :-)

Good filter technique.

And still it continues to work… Any ideas anyone?

I see they were inspired by my sail kayak :-)

yes and only responded to questions that vaguely related to the prepared answers they had. It was more a press briefing than an AMA.

I initially downvoted you because I disagree, but then changed my mind because it’s still a valid opinion. Personally, I agree with OP. People are being scared off by confusion in trying to understand what the fediverse is. While I agree it’s good to mention the fediverse and the distributed nature, it’s often coming across as the main thing and I think it’s counter-productive. People will come to understand it just fine if they can just be left to dive in without befuddling them. I think getting them on board is more important than it being in the fediverse.