"The most common—but usually not the only—response, cited as a primary or secondary reason in about 75 replies—had to do with feeling unwelcome, being scolded, and getting lectured. Some people mentioned that they tried Mastodon during a rush of people out of Twitter and got what they perceived as a hostile response."
https://mas.to/@kissane/110793942888550843
Y'ALL. WE CAN DO BETTER THAN THIS.
#MakePeopleFeelWelcomeAgain
#StopFuckingGatekeeping
#BuildALongerTableNotATallerFence
#TwitterExodus
#TwitterDiaspora
Erin Kissane (@[email protected])
This week, I went over to Bluesky and asked people who'd left Mastodon why they left, and lots of people told me. I grabbed the replies and crunched them and wrote up a summary. I think it's really interesting and often kind of wrenching. https://erinkissane.com/mastodon-is-easy-and-fun-except-when-it-isnt #meta