after a few weeks on mastodon without much thought about twitter i’ve noticed a distinct change in my own mood.
i think twitter force-feeding us rage inducing tweets every day was having more of an impact on my psyche than i care to admit.

i didn’t follow much politics and always used Twitteriffic — but the people i followed retweeted their algorithmic rage all day every day.

i really feel like i owe someone a thank you for giving me this piece of my life back that’s been missing for years.

@isaiah it’s like you’re in my head. Exact same experience. I was also thinking “who do I thank?”, so I started backing the instance I use on Patreon

@davidfwall and i think the answer is Eugen and all the dedicated people here — and of course, the wonderfully weird folks here that didn’t feel comfortable on the hellsite — basically keeping the spot warm for us until we got here.

backing your instance is a great way to give back. co-signed.