@Bruce @manton The likely answer is that a lot of people will sort-of be lost in this. It's got to the point where it will be a generational change of sorts, in which younger people will be so much more careful about their online life that they will be less hesitant about using smaller options. It'll take time before that changes the culture as a whole, though, since the usual driving force (middle-aged generations) has pretty much only just started.

Honestly, I would sell smaller networks like Micro.blog as havens from the silos, and urge people to change how they think about the web. It's not just "all the same" or whatever and even if some people are late to learn this I think it's worth it. Good changes tend to come with pain, especially when we're talking about human culture.