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One of the projects I like is on codeberg. I wasn't on it before, but I am now. You just sign up?!
But 99% of people won't. Choosing that platform massively shrinks your community.
I'm not saying don't do it and try to grow that ecosystem if you want to. I'm all for federated becoming the standard going forward. But don't judge people not wanting to massively compromise their project with a platform that actually is massively worse because it doesn't have people there.
If typing in your email to sign up is too much effort, then free software is truly doomed
Maintaining another account is maintaining another account.
It absolutely is meaningful friction, and it absolutely is a perfectly valid reason not to engage.