Yes.

Probably people who don’t realize some things are part of the internet

What do you mean? Can you sort your mastodon feed in any way other than the equivalent of “new” in lemmy?

I think the lack of a sorting algorithm in mastodon will make it hard for something like the BBC to gain a lot of followers. They put out so many posts that it will dominate any feed and overshadow friends that post once a day or so.