I think it is less about not mentioning it at all and more about having other content for newbies when they are browsing.
I remember when I first started using Mastodon it was only open source discussion or some kind of communist discussion. Only having interest in open source was not enough to keep me coming back.
Rumblestiltskin /
npub136…u0qyr
2023-04-25 11:38:43
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