Micah LeeThis post is good. Read it, especially if you're just joining Mastodon from Twitter https://www.hughrundle.net/home-invasion/
Elai 
@micahflee I don't understand the appeal of obscurity. Perhaps the appeal of being an early adopter? But this sounds largely pathetic to me. If you don't want your culture to be subsumed you gotta fight and win against the dominant culture. It's scrappy like that.
Gasch@elai @micahflee Being a new user myself, I can only speculate, but I suspect the feeling expressed in the article is because Mastodon users didn't really ask fight this culture battle for their platform. Having a lot of new users on Mastodon might be good, but I personally love the culture I'm finding on Mastodon and if it moved towards how Twitter is/was I'd be very disappointed. Clout-chasing and click-baiting are toxic behaviors and wanting to keep Mastodon's existing culture is worthwhile.
JoaquimTotally agree. I've had a Mastodon account for a while but had trouble connecting with people (introversion issues), so I became inactive. I think I'd have benefited from being a tad more outgoing, because people were so welcoming when I (finally) introduced myself.
The spirit of the article (consent, freedom from toxicity not freedom to be toxic, mutual aid) is absolutely correct. We've had our social experiences shaped by corporations and need to snap out of this malaise.