Several people have posted how different Mastodon is from the bird site.
As an experiment, I made two posts, a few minutes apart. One was about a new podcast where I talk about some important cybersecurity ideas around valuing people. The other was a piece about Elon's deteriorating reputation.
The post about constructive themes has barely been referenced and only boosted once. The disparaging post has been favorited and boosted over 50 times so far.
Draw your own conclusions.