@LianaBrooks It works for me.

The culture of your local clique might vary, but to me it is the open social media that is most ressiliant to social reach as the main criteria for sucess.

This makes it a safer environment to drop your masks.

It is absolutly not perfect, but except for closed groups it is the best I know of.

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Yes.

@LianaBrooks Yes.

@LianaBrooks yes and no. I found the interaction rate on Mastodon is way lower than the other closed platforms. But Im no influencer living from it, so I don't care much.

@Condorito I'm sorry to hear that. Did you try following hashtags?
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Yes and yes, and I dumped everything else because I got tired of ads being forced on me - despite ad-blockers - and algorithms hiding all the stuff I actually wanted to read.

Here I pick who to follow, and see all their content. I can filter keywords to avoid certain topics or make them stand out more. I follow a few "super-boosters" who introduce me to new people constantly.

I love it here, and I'm not going back to corporate-owned social media.

@LianaBrooks Quiet, to detox a little.

Yes and yes. I have been for many years now and it's great. I've met so many cool people here.

@LianaBrooks I haven't touched Twitter in years. Facebook and Instagram are also dead to me. Threads was a no-go. Bsky is an alt.

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes. The lack of algorithm allows me to customize as needed without being rugswept by hidden policies or needing to meet a schedule. It's also easy to move from one server to another if you're not feeling you fit in with one.

@LianaBrooks The only one now. Where else to talk about kimchi ?

@LianaBrooks Yes, mostly.

@LianaBrooks When I left the corporate world for a nonprofit, I killed all my social media accounts because I didn’t need them for work anymore.

At the time, I had to delete every post, every Like, every repost. 10,000 Instagram posts. 22,000 tweets. Countless Facebook posts. It was arduous but wonderful to be free of it.

Mastodon has given me the news and community I wanted but never got from the others. I can listen and support and also be seen. I like it here.

@LianaBrooks Yes, and yes.

@LianaBrooks @lilithsaintcrow Yes and yes.

@LianaBrooks ja

@andrewbriscoe @LianaBrooks me toó, no need of anything else here since three or four years ago

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Is a close second for me. #Mastodon for @alice and Doctorow, and a number of hashtags, but most of my fellow X-escapee people went to #Bluesky.

@LianaBrooks Yes. I don't really use social media to keep up with people I know in person (I prefer email for that), and I'm not huge on cultivating viral amounts of followers. That said I've found a good group of people to interact with here, and generally enjoy the vibes. It is working for me.

@LianaBrooks Nearly 200 boosts and comments.... I'd say it's working for you. I'm happy if I get 1 boost or like. Comments are almost zero.