I looked at Mastodon, but its decentralized approach would appear to put people into silos based upon their declared interests or political views. That’s just not for me. This also rules Tribel out. CounterSocial may be small and have growing pains, but has more potential.
@robfwtx I joined some FB groups that were supposed to be great for research, but it was a complete waste of time. I don’t have the energy to figure out how to leverage Mastodon for research, only to discover it was also a waste of time.
@John_Scotus Tribel is also a data-harvesting operation run by a couple of grifters, so there is that...