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

@LianaBrooks Yes, and yes.
Recently had to start (very reluctantly) using Facebook again in an extremely limited way to get news from art group I'm involved with.
But all my online life is here on Mastodon.

@LianaBrooks

I use it as my primary social media, but can't say that its working for me. Most of the time I just post what other people say, but I dont feel like there are many communities on here except for a self-selecting few

@LianaBrooks yes^2
Be it noted that keeping in touch with family is not a function of social media for me.

@LianaBrooks yes to both. i left fb 15 years ago, reddit and twitter in 2022. this is the only place i've been since and it's easily my favorite, going all the way back to newsgroups, IRC, forums, friendster, and myspace.

@LianaBrooks Yep 2x

@LianaBrooks
It’s my only social media. I would never go back, ever.

@LianaBrooks yup, and definitely. I haven't been able to convince anyone from FB to come over, but I've found plenty of cool folks anyway.

@LianaBrooks yes on both counts for me.

@LianaBrooks

yes! I left twitter many years ago (pre-covid), then kicked fb I think three years ago, & instagram last year.

couldn't stand every third post I was seeing being an ad or "promoted." I would meet up with friends & acquaintances and realized none of their posts had been shown to me & I felt out of the loop DESPITE being connected. no thanks. love it here

@LianaBrooks

I've used Mastodon for years, and for the last few years it's been my only social media.

I'm very happy with it.

@LianaBrooks I think I spend more time on my three #Mastodon servers than I spend on others.Not actually counting though.

@LianaBrooks yes and yes

@LianaBrooks Yes, although I also spend time on BlueSky. It's been working fine; I haven't noticed any technical issues recently.

@LianaBrooks

Yes and yes.

@LianaBrooks @robyn yes and yes since day 1

@LianaBrooks I do Mastodon and LinkedIn (only work related) but spend a lot more time here, so would call it "primary" and very much working for me.

@LianaBrooks

I am currently, and I like it fine at the moment.

@LianaBrooks Yes, and yes

@LianaBrooks yes and very yes

I love all of it, and I learned a lot from the communities that welcomed me.
Best feature: have separate pseudonym accounts on different servers, partitioning professional life from friends from activism from private life from exploratory and intellectual curiosity. Tusky client allows jumping from one account to the other as easy as switching timelines.

With my accounts I mostly read and boost, with minor interactions, but I get news, super interesting commentary, and links to amazing blog posts.

I have read that the Fediverse hasn't been as welcoming or not even safe for many non-(white-cis-male) people, I do my best to not (involuntarily) add to the problem, and actually help when I can. All good-manners I learnt here.

@LianaBrooks Mastodon is my one and only social media. I had pretty much abandoned social media entirely for a few years before finding and joining Mastodon. It is without a doubt the best experience I've ever had on any social media platform.

Mastodon is not a rage factory as all the other social media platforms were...it is a home.

(Don't get me wrong, there's PLENTY of rage at the news articles being shared...but not about or because of the platform itself.)