We may be thinking of different populations of users.

Yes and no.

Much of that bit I excised from the last response concerned the users you're specifying. It is true that I wasn't initially considering them, so you're right as farcas that goes, but...

The folks using Lemmy right now don’t really need much help to get what they want out of it. But if the fediverse is to grow, even if it never hits Reddit/Facebook/etc numbers, its developers should look at ways to decrease friction to getting the best experience.

a lot of the reason I ended up excising that part is that it was an overall shift in the topic. Yes - as I noted, I can see how that "friction" could be considered a problem. But personally, I think it's a good thing.

But again, that's really a different topic.

And as a bit of an aside, it's taking every ounce of my willpower to not translate that admirably diplomatic passage you wrote into less generous terms...