I wrote about my first two months on Mastodon. I was a Mastodon hater because I thought it would be weird, complicated, or dead. It's been none of those things.
I'm ashamed I didn't join earlier and I'm ashamed I haven't been telling people to join it, because it's a version of the internet and social media I've long advocated for with my reporting: decentralized, portable, user controlled, not corporate:
Don't worry about being ashamed, as with any service you need to be there for some time to really get a feel for the place.
What you can do is give people your well informed view on the fediverse and Mastodon, this is far better than trying to advocate something you are very new to.
Keep up the good work and hopefully your friends and acquaintances will join too.
