I wish I had more confidence that a fairer - or really, just more-consensual, for me - crypto social media platform was on the horizon without me having to actually build the thing

DING! DING! DIIIIING!!!
I think you just made a great point, I can relate :)
It is a TON of Work! Still! We are still in the deepest darkest days of Crypto,
and many are still wondering if we will Emerge into Daylight or Doom...