One interesting side effect I just noticed is that when I think about opening twitter I am immediately filled with dread about how bad the discourse is going to be and when I think about opening Mastodon I'm.... vaguely hopeful? I know it may not last but it's a fascinating feeling.
@joshuatopolsky I feel like every third post of mine here is a version of this. We’ve been saying “Twitter is bad” for years, but now we really know!
Also, if you go by the Fourth Law of Joshes — when multiple Joshes agree on a thing, that thing is as close to truth as we know — then who are we to say otherwise.