This by @marcoarment nicely conveys why I'm feeling good about using Mastodon, had no desire to sign up for Hive, Post or any of the other Twitter clones now popping up, and why Twitter also feels icky in comparison.
@tuckerjj@marcoarment it's the same argument that took place in the Blogger/Tumblr vs Self-Hosted WordPress days; owning your content is the key to maintaining control. Twitter's 120-char limit was a trojan horse; we thought they were ephemeral, meaningless posts. The char limit increase+threads opened the door to long-form content & decimated blogging. Twitter took over as the de-facto town square where you HAVE yell above the din. Nuance & long-form are dead.