First, "ouchie" to that ad hominem opening, you're in defense mode so I understand the need for you to use it. YOU are the cult mind though, actually. How the hell can I be 'cult' when I'm outside of this bubble. Honestly, how do you even arrive at that allegation?

What exactly am I "believing in"

I'm not judging the playform on its own.
I'm judging against what it claims it's an alternative for. DTube long ago was pretending it was the alternative to YT and clearly wasn't. 3S now thinking it is again the answer to the mainstream censoring/exodus.

Again... why aren't the people coming then?
That's the stagnancy I refer to.

Can you answer that? Do you really believe such a performance of weak peek 4000 actives is demonstration that 3S is even on the radar of people seeking that safe alternative?