Most people are not going to stick around after signing up for an account on Mastodon. We've already seen that.
Even the largest instances have complained.
Community building doesn't happen overnight. It took years for other social media platforms to catch on.
The trick is you have to want to be here. Don't be sad because others aren't posting. It probably means they don't want to be here.
Concentrate on making it pleasant for the people already here. Keep talking. ๐
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@GinnyMcQueen I believe this is the biggest problem with P2P/cooperative efforts right now. It's alost as if people got so used to being coerced to do stuff ("work or you will starve") that they almost lost the ability to do things without someone telling them to.