Sure, Mastodon is a lil glitchy sometimes, and there are definitely fediverse-wide moderation and UX issues to work out, and sometimes the server has to take a lil nap. Still, this is the first time in ten years (as a person who had well over 100k Twitter followers) that I haven’t gotten hit on then insulted in DMs, dealt with my family being OSINTed and threatened, been yelled at for not producing more content for free, or been called a unrepeatable slur during a whole week since 2014 or so. Plus most of my pals are here!

It is also the first time I haven’t been physically sick from going down negative news rabbit holes thanks to the algorithm for a whole week.

It’s pretty good from my perspective. I’m scared for my “brand” and therefore future income, but I don’t want to go back.