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

@LianaBrooks

@LianaBrooks yes. its great.

@LianaBrooks yes, and it suits my needs perfectly. Granted I mostly lurk, but also have convos.

@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.