Mastodon is insanely more rewarding for me than Twitter. With about a 10th of the followers, it draws almost as many views to my videos as Twitter. The platform is really, really good.

I also love the feeling of using an #opensource platform to communicate with people.

It feels like the internet I grew up with. Not heavily controlled, no pressure, just plain old fun and constant improvement. I get massive good vibes here!
@thelinuxEXP I hope that it's not just because it's small, but I get that impression also and it's giving me hope that it's possible that a better web is viable.
@timClicks @thelinuxEXP this was my first thought, too. Maybe with less people to follow, users pay attention more to their individual follows.