Dondarf SnowbonkProbably going to move to another instance once I've gotten comfy, because all the "tips for dumb mastodon babies" things I'm reading suggest that mastodon.social isn't really as good as a smaller one.
Trysdyn, Jolteon Aspect@dondarfsnowbonk There's a few levers at play there. The main one is over the years m.s has had rises in falls in the efficacy of its moderation and as a result a LOT of other instances have silenced or outright blocked it.
Another is frankly the federated and local timelines on m.s are a firehose hellscape and I can't imagine you could use them if you wanted to.