@mayintoronto I joined pretty early after it hit the news, but late enough to where dot-social was full (those were the days lol). I've stayed because I always wanted a social network that wasn't "like Twitter"—full of unnecessary drama, with a deep bent toward both "woke up and chose violence" and "and I'm gonna make it everyone's problem". The fediverse has quite a lot more patience, kindness, and nuance, (usually) without it being full of unnecessary calls to civility toward oppressors and their cheerleaders.