you make a lot of good points that I have tried to share with my family.

I never built a terrific following on Facebook because I never really saw it as a place to think out loud. With no followers, no one saw it anyway. And family would talk to me later about a post, yet seldom respond to my post. I've been here just a few days and already have more followers than I had in 10 or more years and Facebook. Then all the stuff came out about their efforts to censor content, and I knew it was time for me to do something different. I'm a little surprised I've been involved in this as I have. I'm having a great time!

Let us know if your family comes round, and how you managed to do it!