@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.

@LianaBrooks Absolutely, and absolutely.

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes.

It's the first Social Media I ever used, although I've been on the Internet since 1993, and into professional IT from 2000.

For some reasons, I simply never trusted the antisocial commercial platform bullshit engines from the outset. Thus, I was spared that experience.

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes. I love it. But I miss pop culture, stars, art, music.

@mastodonmigration @LianaBrooks 34k follows is impressive, how did you manage that?

@LianaBrooks it’s been the only one I use since early 2020, ditching X and FB back then has been a blessing

@LianaBrooks Its my secondary cause I really like #loops too, but I love #mastodon

@LianaBrooks yes and yes

@alterelefant @LianaBrooks same. It is my ONLY social media at this point.

@LianaBrooks

Yes, this is my one and only. No regrets.

@LittlePolarBear @Condorito @LianaBrooks I barely see any coding stuff. Just enough to remind me it exists. You just need to find your people

@LianaBrooks #mosstodon alone makes this the best socmed on the internet. I do not post anywhere else online anymore (except maybe LinkedIn, but that's because I have a vain hope to become hired in software at some point).

@LianaBrooks yes and yes.

@LianaBrooks I am and I wouldn't say it is working for me yet. Working well enough to have some fun and learn things while I use it. But I miss 99% of my actual social networks, so for the time being I am mostly here to do something of value that will help the fediverse become attractive.

@LianaBrooks yes and yes. No one from my real life is on it but I don't need to follow my friends on social media

@LianaBrooks yes/yes

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes. Actually my only social media.

@LianaBrooks yes & yes!
And ooof I'm so glad to be off the hook with twixer.. I guess it depends a little on the scenes you're in. Might be some are still rather small. But it's growing keep going

@LianaBrooks it's the best for added value. But don't you find it ironic that most people on the planet carry a phone 24/7 yet use social networks to interact with friends and family? Email would better serve that purpose if phone calls aren't your thing. Part of the value of Mastodon is the intellectual diversity. I'd like to see more ethnic and cultural of that. Friends and family via public networks? Why?

@LianaBrooks although I also use Pixelfed and Lemmy. and especially in case of Pixelfed, sometimes I use it more than Mastodon (depending on whether I crave text content or image content.)