Doug TabaccoRemember, friends don’t let friends use the official Mastodon apps.
Get yourself Tusky for Android, or Metatext for iOS. Toot! Is also good for iOS.
Enjoy all the timelines and features.
Jay Arnold 
@tabacco why though? Seems to be good 😬
@jayarnold It's not bad per se, but it's lacking features compared to the third-party alternatives. It also buries the local timeline, which is arguably one of the better features of Mastodon.
@tabacco on you say so I already downloaded it thanks. The interface doesn’t look quite as elegant to me. But it does have DM and other features. Thanks so much! #mastanewbie