I agree. However, I would enjoy watching the leader of the free world metaphorically spit in the eye of the reality TV star.

He should now offer rare earth minerals to the EU.

No war but gas war!

I think changing the verbiage from “server” to “village” or “herd” or “neighborhood,” or just something more familiar to the non-techie, combined with your proposal of displaying a full welcome feed of suggested material would go a long way to improving retention and marketability. Other fediverse portals can learn this lesson too.