seeing a lot of "mastodon is just as bad as twitter"/"the act of mastodon users posting about how good mastodon is is Bad Somehow" going around, and, like... I get it. every online space has its problems. I've been critical of stuff on here where I've felt it's warranted.

and also, I'm 38 and I've been involved in online communities since I was twelve. I've seen tons of spaces both good and bad rise and fall and change for the better or worse.

trust me when I say that this is one of the best of them.

toxic negativity is just as bad as toxic positivity. we can and should celebrate the goodness of good things.