@mayintoronto I joined the Fediverse on March 24, 2022 for the reasons I explained in a blog post I published the same day:

https://journal.paoloamoroso.com/my-first-day-in-the-fediverse

I joined Mastodon a few months earlier than the initial rumors of Elon Musk acquiring Twitter.

I stayed for the same reasons: a combination of good conversations with and posts by genuinely passionate people who care, delivered by a non-algorithmic feed.