about that whole twitter situation...

[ratcreature]

Are there any new up-and-coming places where one ought to namesquat just in case? I do have a Pillowfort account (and if anyone wants an invite, I think I can generate three or so?), and I have heard of Mastodon, though I'm not entirely sure how joining that works. From what I understand you have to pick a server instance based on the reputation and TOS of that specific server? Are there new places? I'm not up to joining TikTok (not that it is new at this point)...

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[mellowtigger]

Yes, Mastodon is confusing because it's so diversified. You pick a server, choosing whom to trust as administrator. You can still follow people on other instances, though. "It's like email, pick a server but talk to everybody," as they are prone to explain. There's also Counter.Social, which used to be a Mastodon instance before becoming its own thing, no longer part of the Mastodon federation. It's actually a much-simplified user experience because it's a single service, which you might enjoy. I'm also on MeWe, which is fine but has its own strong conservative presence there.

[ratcreature]

I had never even heard of MeWe. Is there any fandom there? Googling what it is doesn't make that look promising. The extent to which I care who else has a strong presence on a service mostly depends on how well you can tailor your experience, so it wouldn't necessarily be a deal breaker. Like, I don't boycott Reddit for having a ton of sub reddits that I really don't care for.

[mellowtigger]

Not especially. It's mostly where a lot of bears from G+ ended up when Google killed off their social media experience. :/ That's the only reason I stayed, when the other interest groups kind of dried up. It's at least a stable unified experience, though. So it has that in its favor.