Let's work together to make Mastodon a success. Here's some simple things you can do to help:

-Pretend that other social media platforms don't exist. If someone mentions Twitter or Facebook, change the subject by looking up to the sky and screeching loudly.

-Make new users feel welcome by messaging them and saying "I would do unspeakable things to benefit you".

-Get the word "Mastodon" tattooed onto your forehead. When asked about your terrible life decision, you can explain what Mastodon is.

@lowqualityfacts i still do use Twitter and very minimally Facebook.

i am very much pro-Mastodon since the 3rd party app software is now where i want to be and i have this sneaking suspicion both Twitter and Facebook will meet bad ends in the next 2 years.

@lowqualityfacts amending my answer -- after Twitter suspended my 15 year old main account for no reason and no response yet from my appeal, as of Saturday going dark both on Facebook and Twitter -- done with billionaire tantrums

@filmfreak75 @lowqualityfacts hey, me too... Twatter suspended me without good reason. 14 years then bang. Musk throws a wobbly and twatters gone fragged...

Time to lose the mega hyped socmed platforms.

@Twiteryeanot i had 5 accounts -- they suspended the main one for no reason -- on Saturday i have one last scheduled post for each announcing i am going dark and to come visit the corresponding Mastodon account

i tried to play nice since Elmo took over, but it's just not possible anymore

@filmfreak75 I've got other accounts as well, but I've not actually bothered with them for some time.

I'll be looking at one that have some followers from my main account yelling them to pass on the message that I'm going and they can find me here of the feel inclined.

@filmfreak75 I see my typos haven't improved by moving LOL
@Twiteryeanot i had three friends briefly move over -- one's instance shutdown, and the other two just could not handle no algorithmic feed -- i set up a new reply only Twitter just to keep up with them but my days of bulk scheduled posts to Twitter are over