On this day 2 years ago, I joined #Mastodon and the #Fediverse. Before long, I pretty much left #Twitter because the community, interactions, and.. EVERYTHING.. is so much better over here.

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I see some folks on saying "Here's my #Mastodon account in case #Twitter fails." My reaction is: "what makes you think Twitter is better, even right now?" Becuase, in my experience at least, Twitter ceased being better years ago. 2/

"But #Mastodon has so many fewer users than #Twitter!" people say. So I ask, "why does that matter?" What is your measure of a good social media experience?

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#Twitter is presented by an algorithm that is designed to keep you on the site. #Mastodon has no such algorithm. It's just the content you ask for, no more, no less.

This creates a whole different feel. It's subtle at first. 4/