The best part for me of being on mastodon as opposed to other social media platforms is that here I don't get fascist thoughts injected straight into my eyeballs dozens of times a day. That's really what made me stick around initially, that I could have social media without feeling angry all the time
@eniko I was thinking about this the other night. I was like "Why do I feel more comfortable posting on Masto than anywhere else? Could it be because I feel safer?" And I absolutely know now that twitter just did not make me feel safe at any point.

@GoblinHellion yeah its the culture of defederation. "Be nice, or else"

And that's wielded as a kudgel sometimes but most of the time it's responsible for making the place safer for those on it