It's true!

RT @adamdavidson

I have Mastodon on one tab and twitter on the next.

I am truly a different person when I go from one to the other.

I become angry, sarcastic on twitter.

Calmer, more open, constructive here.

Amazing.

It’s also easy to account spoof: I’m @PeteStrzok, but that doesn’t prevent someone from creating (on existing or new severs they make) @[email protected], @[email protected], etc.

Make sure you verify the account you’re following is in fact the person you think it is. An old article (would welcome an updated version):
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2017/04/mastodon-risks/amp

None of this is meant to disparage Mastodon - just noting things to keep in mind.

Remember just like anywhere else without end to end encryption, your DMs here are not private.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/18079

Distributed servers (/instances) can make for interesting times (eg, potentially no more record of your toots/followings/followers) should your server go down. Server resilience against hostile actors is case-by-case.