I wrote a little explainer about Mastodon last year that people are posting around again, in case it's helpful for anyone:
https://medium.com/@seanbonner/taking-a-ride-on-mastodon-4fe0c6e60e04
@seanbonner I should point out the 'Mastodon community' hates us. Ask some of the very early COSO adopters who witnessed it all for why.
Spoiler: They literally took a shit on all their own 'selling points' to take a shit on us. We're still chuckling. Here's all there arguments countered:
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@th3j35t3r I know. I tried other instances last year and I've been here for a while but only lurking mostly, officially leaving birdsite and decided this is a better place. I'll be writing more about the decision shortly. Thanks for doing this.