Well, I think I figured out why there's only about 20 ppl online here at any given time, because, though this site is called "social media", it is set up like a messages/messenger site, and does not really resemble social media, as there is no feed of posts to read, and to post on. If I were you, Mr. Adams, I would set up an actual social media site, where everyone can be posting and reading posts, like the Gab and FB platform. Then you would see engagement and participation on a large scale. This is a bit dissapointing. Now there are really no practical options to access a timeline of posts.
@Thaddaeus people don't support each other here. it seems like people post and leave where oi/bastyon also has small amount of people but they do support each other