When looking for a new #instance I was briefly tempted by a political activist one. The thing is I'm really not that active, but I also realised it really doesn't matter all that much which instance you're on.
Unless the things you want to post are so niche that you need the protection of a dedicated instance, I think a general one will suit you fine.
I do occasionally post political stuff, but that's in between the nonsense, so I was worried a political instance would get annoyed with me.
I looked at an #art one but none of the instances dealt with contemporary art, only #mastodon specific art or something, and I think there were #writers' instances which I would avoid like the plague.
I'm quite happy with this instance so far, I like the freshness of it. The only drawback is that I *loved* the Bauhaus handle of my previous instance.
To me, that is actually the most important thing: an instance with a cool name.
@lydiaconwell I'm just curious, what happened to Bauhaus that you moved?
@lydiaconwell Heh, okay. ;)
@trinsec I felt bad I was using their instance so much. So I'm being a freeloader off another instance now.