@Michael_Spencer I figured you were a social media dude from the questions.

I would invite you to spend some time on the federated timeline, and strike up some conversations. So far, things have been super welcoming and friendly.

There's room here for everyone, even folks that are trying to get a story out of it. (Heck, I did: http://ajroach42.github.io/getting-started-with-mastodon/ )

Just... the community is weirder and more idiosyncratic than you probably expect.