Notice something interesting from this Wired article?

Media is already branding Mastodon as "Twitter's most popular alternative".

Not Post, not Hive, not Gab—it's Mastodon.

And once a media narrative takes shape, that becomes the story.
https://www.wired.com/story/mastodon-features-that-twitter-should-steal-but-wont/

Mastodon Features That Twitter Should Steal (but Won’t)

Elon Musk's platform could learn a thing or two from its most popular alternative—like how to build a social platform people actually want to be on.

WIRED
@atomicpoet I joined Mastodon then Post. So far Mastodon feels more like Twitter in a good way, but I have many more followers on Post. Here I still feel like I’m boosting and tooting largely to myself. Long term Mastodon seems the better technology
@MattFerrel @atomicpoet can’t get on post but it’s getting easier to navigate here.