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 Totally agree… I first came to Mastodon on the social instance but it didn’t really catch with me… I tried Hive and while I enjoyed a lot of the creative people I encountered the app itself just gave me the Twitter/Path had a baby feeling. After seeing @marcoarment mention hachyderm.io I migrated over and have really found a community that intrigues me even more so than Twitter did.