As a migrant from Digg to Reddit back in the paleolithic era, I would have said the same of Reddit, the UI really wasn't good compared to Digg. People got used to it in time.

I also remember a time when it wasn't clear if people would want to shop online, and a debate about whether email could really replace letters, or if people would find it too complicated.

People will come to the fediverse if we give them a reason to.