Somehow I have always felt little need to join exclusive clubs. Probably a conditioning from my youth, where being bullied made me very aware I wasn't in their club, and given their behavior I didn't want to be either.
But it served me well once on the Internet, because it had me avoid a bunch of clubs that weren't worth joining in my opinion. And I learned that despite being outside most clubs, I could still freely gather most of the useful info without their help.
Out here on X I feel somewhat different: Even though not really following many, I still feel connected to a few groups that are worth being in, but these don't give me that EXCLUSIVE feeling. It is more an INCLUSIVE feeling...