Lemmy seems active, but niche and difficult to navigate. Mastodon may be good, but it seems like another favorites-picking drama-enabling platform, or at least that’s how it is on certain instances. X has been pretty bad, but with some good moments, and Bluesky has been the absolute worst next to Truth Social. I’m almost tempted to use Facebook, but perhaps Discord or Reddit could be better, as I’ve had mild success with them before, but always found myself led astray by toxic groups or “friend finder” communities on Discord or bored by Reddit. I don’t think any large social media is going to be broadly good, as freedom means freedom to be a jerk. Curated sites tend to be a bit better, but curation styles rarely meet my standards (including being consistent). Lemmy and certain Matrix rooms might be the best answers, but I just wanted to make sure. IDK if I’m even worthy of a good community, as I can be toxic, but I digress. May as well start the conversation and not overthink it.

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    3 days ago

    Lemmy, Bluesky, Catodon, which is an adorable Mastodon clone which is way better than the Mastodon app. Pixelfed is nice too.

    An aside, I haven’t used my Twitter account in 11 years, and I would read it now and then, but when Space Karen bought it I logged out and deleted it (didn’t deactivate so nobody took my name), and randomly a few weeks ago got notified my account has been banned for “inauthentic behaviour”. It was super weird, but who cares. Dumpster fire.