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 so, back in my last year of highschool we signed up for Prodigy. Unlimited minutes, walled garden, 30 free emails a month. Nationwide dial up BBS. It was amazing to 17 year old me. In '97 I got home from playing Army and everything had changed. Windows 95 happened, everyone has a website, my new job had a T1 installed. I watched sci-fi happen.