mastodon/the fediverse could learn a lot in taking the ability or users to create custom feeds, labellers, and moderation services like on bsky, honestly.
ppls are just approaching bsky with a twitter mindset by waiting for it to tell you want to do and see instead of realising there's no algorithm boosting your replies and posts so you actually have to go out and build your following (like in the early days of social media).
i think the main problem was that when matrix was blowing up, matrix.org was the promoted server to sign up on.
i don't have a problem with this as it's just one server and you can always hop on another server if you like, though.
which reminds me, i do need to find another matrix (preferably queer focused) instance since i was on matrix.org