As one of the recent #twitter #diaspora, I originally thought I'd have this as a lifeboat temporarily, since so many I follow were there still and I could mute the Nazis so I didn't see them. And my adblock blocked ads, so I didn't see ads.
But now adblock no longer blocks cheapo lovely ladies ads or crypto ads - even in threads right under some academics' initial post as if they would choose to put up such ads - yuckkk. Don't want that stuck on mine!
Finding now this is my go to, not that.
First of all welcome all the way from NZ!
I used to think of Mastodon as a lifeboat also, but have since come to enjoy it here. Mastodon is far superior with new tools and nice people.
This seems to get better and the bird won't.
@PerryM Thank you.
Of course it's easier to be nice when you know you have two entire paragraphs to make even the most leisurely point in.
Yes, it's definitely not a lifeboat now. It's becoming the actual ship. I just wish academic orgs, scientific sites, government agencies, public orgs, watchdog groups, etc would realize this is where they belong, not on commerce sites like fb or twitter
Susan 
Charles Sandresky
PerryM ✅