It occurred to me that there were two groups of people that came to Mastodon in November. The first thought Twitter was literally going to shut down and needed virtual methodone for their social media addiction. The second were users dissatisfied with what Twitter had become and jumped at an alternative. I believe it's the second group that have stuck around.
@mike
I liked Twitter for its worldwide user base, and for getting news both through journalists and ordinary people on the ground. It did have the potential to really be great for both those things.
Twitter otherwise was just like High School, with the "popular kids vs. the rest" and the attendant snottiness that goes with that, and the dopey snarky memes. Hated all that crap. And all the abuse.
It was not hard to leave at all, especially when Musk arrived. This is generally a lot better; more interesting people and topics IMO.
