You want people to go somewhere? Make it worth their time. This is like burning man. Show up to a blank slate and make it fun/interesting/sustainable.
I'm trying to do that, but it'll take more than one of us. I'm trying to encourage others to join me. Is that a problem?
All of your gripes sound like a lack of patience,
Six years is not enough time to wait for one other person who thinks suits are cool?
or a need for the corporate instances of social media to be replicated in the fediverse.
See, you're saying "corporate instances of social media," but what you mean is "any other social media that could possibly be perceived as a success." The fediverse is uniquely lacking in content. It doesn't need to be corporate for people to come here and make it something.