A personal observation that I dislike is it seems many of the Sharkey instances experience issues.
It is a shame, because I do like Sharkey. But one of the reasons I kept hopping from one instance to another instance is I would join these so-called well-known instances, only for them to have some issues.
Mastodon is "OK". I dislike that you cannot move your post with Mastodon. I have a backup of all my content on my local PC which I can port into any Sharkey instance, but Mastodon moving means starting over.
Issues ranged from software, yes, obviously that was 1st.
But issues also range from admins who should never have been admins. The type of admins who ran old community forums and who are drama queens and who freedom of speech is whatever they agree with (cannot say, for example, you dislike both Donald Trump and Joe Biden).
I like the software, Sharkey, but I do find the general use in practice to be discouraging.
@NetscapeNavigator The problem is that any narcissistic or toxic personality can turn up one day, setup an instance, use slightly professional language to attract users, insult any critic, and profit.
