Thinking its time I finally make a move from .social.
Maybe it's time I self host (or have an instance of one).
@Kaigani How are you finding Mastodon. See some of the old guard turn up for a while then go quiet.

@andybroomfield you're pretty much the only one on my following feed.

I see what you mean about a more carefully managed community instance. My feeling when I check Mastodon is that it seems harder to join in the conversation– even more so than early Twitter– because there are a lot of in-group behaviors.