Post-pandemic, so many of us have become more isolated, lonely, nearly friendless. Twitter was and is crucial for alleviating that loneliness, and I worry about what will happen to people, including myself, who are losing this as not only a place of connection, but a commons.
And before you say Mastodon is a commons, no it isn't. You cannot just search and find people on Mastodon if they are on other instances. People on other instances are invisible to you.
@vanessid I think you can - I see plenty in my federated feed.