Also worth considering the reputational factors.

I joined ML by mistake and I was pissed off to find out that it was a nest of degenerate tankie roaches.

I had experience with Mastodon, so I switched instances, but that might not be the case for others looking for a non-US oligarch internet platform.

They most definitely do not have a “live and let live” attitude for people dealing with russian genocidal occupation, but that’s a discussion for another day.