Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?

@LianaBrooks yes, on here I can't be shadow banned or censored by billionaires

@LianaBrooks thought we all were

@LianaBrooks Yes but unknown because I am really just starting to use Mastodon. My Facebook use is down 90%, TikTok is view only and zero Instagram, Bluesky or Snap. I deleted my X account when Elon started Doge.

My early assessment is kinda but it's a really different experience and group. I think it's good but I'll need to adapt to it and nobody I know is here, so this is just online connections only.

@LianaBrooks @lydiaschoch Yes, and yes. My needs are modest, though.

@LianaBrooks !!

@LianaBrooks Yes, it's my primary after getting rid of Facecrook, Shitter, Instasham and Crapchat back in 2018, and Poosky and Pisscord this year.

Yes, Mastodon, and other Fedi platforms like @pixelfed, PieFed, @loops and Misskey totally work for me.

@LianaBrooks Yes this is my primary social media interaction but I am not as satisfied with it as I would wish to be. It's harder to find the types of accounts I am interested in following - predominantly news and arts/culture - but it feels safer and more affirming than twitter ever did. Still, I would like more community within my interests.

@LianaBrooks yes. And yes.

@LianaBrooks
Yes. This is my only social site. Love it here.

@LianaBrooks Much to the dismay of my Corporate media-using friends and family, YES!!! Spending most of my time here, and it is very much working for me.

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes!

@LianaBrooks absolutely

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes.

@LianaBrooks yes and yes. I regularly get news items related to computer security before my colleagues because of the people and hashtags that I follow. It has proven itself to be a valuable resource.

I do not use X, Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, or TikTok.

I do have Facebook and LinkedIn accounts that I primarily use for workplace activities. I also use the Facebook account to promote a local event once a month. That's it.

I use Discord for TTRPG related projects and news.

@LianaBrooks yes to both of these. I've found Mastodon to have more interaction, takes better action against spammers / bots (or any other reports), nobody writes posts that sound like they've been written by AI, and people actively tell you to not check as often (there's nothing that wants to keep you on it).

I've used Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as my primary social networks in the past, and since October 2022 Mastodon has been my primary one.

@Montaagge @LianaBrooks

right? I saw this and was like, "that's bait."

@LianaBrooks yes and yes.

@LianaBrooks@mastodon.online
Abandoned Twitter couple years before I left Facebook. I left Facebook after getting a computer that was more capable than playing FarmVille, then WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook. Then there was a period with Google+ for me.

There was a gap time. Then I found about Mastodon, Fosstodon to be specific, which was founded by people who were active on G+.
I have been on Fediverse since 2019.

@Condorito @LianaBrooks
Im still getting into it but this is where I'm at. Many of the topics I used to engage with on X are non existent or limited to bots reposting X or substack content. Im not a programmer which seems to be a large swath of content I see rn.

Still enjoying the type of stuff I see enough to keep me here and hopeful it continues to grow.

@LianaBrooks @lydiaschoch yes. Once I found a third-party android client I liked.