@_elena I was never into microblogging, but I had a rather deep (so to say) attachment to Facebook. That's why Mastodon never caught up to me. I also happened to migrate to fedi right before the first wave of #twitterrefugees, so I inevitably got some content right from the get-go, more than I expected. I do not really find the name Friendica bad, albeit a little funny, but the promotion really is.

Nevertheless, I highly recommend Friendica to anyone looking for a home/swiss-army knife of the Fediverse. Highly useful with everything one would wish from Mastodon:

• Crazy formatting options (here's an overline);
• Posts with titles;
• Inline images/media inside posts, allowing for richer creativity (cannot demonstrate in a way visible on Mastodon;
• Groups, Pages for various topics (news, organizations etc.);
• A crazy amount of sorting options;
• Integrated Calendar, allowing you to create or join events from all over fedi;
• Threaded discussions (on multiple levels) that allow you to easily follow all the replies;
• Like/Dislike buttons ('cuz you cannot like anything and everything, right? Right, Zuck?)
• Posts and comments as long as your heart desires;
• And many more.

The amount of options might seem overwhelming, but I'm sure one could find their use one way or another.

@dansup @cheeaun @ivory @phanpy @IceCubesApp

@ExpertPlus that thread is

80% #TwitterRefugees wishing Mastodon was basically Twitter, and glad BlueSky is basically Twitter

20% legitimate complaints about why federated services are hard to use (and also less twitterlike)

In short, I have faith that this democratized little network will be fine. Even when the #twitterrefugees started to pollute and take over some parts, the rest was just fine.

Let's enjoy the ride. 😎