@Edent they might come here, for example, because they know the things they say won't be taken out of context and turned into a sensationalist article.
I'm old enough to remember hanging out on newsgroups, and IRC, and forums, and livejournal, and I don't remember anyone there worrying that they wouldn't be able to build a community if it wasn't possible for everyone in the world to use the space as their own personal marketing campaign.

@Edent this presumes that there being no journalists on mastodon is something that people on mastodon see as a problem. As opposed to a significant benefit.