@aparrish So I think you're right about their being a performative aspect to this whole "I don't get this weird term, I'm out" phenomenon, but there's also a fundamental issue with how Mastodon is explained and pitched to people.

You join a small community but you can still talk to people in other communities. That's a 100% accurate (if shallow) description, but it doesn't offer any new terminology for anybody to get hung up on.