There are ratio friendly private trackers. One of them is FileList. Probably you should keep an eye for open signups.

I’ll go with mosquitoes after and just after getting done of all the fucking cockroaches

I think the biggest deal about Fediverse is it gives users control instead of companies. Most of social networks are controlled by big tech companies, the fact Fediverse can’t be controlled by companies but users makes me feel commited to it. Fediverse could be as good as we want.