While Mastodon has been moving slowly in this direction over the last year or so, nothing (here or elsewhere) has managed to replace before-time Twitter for breaking news, local emergency alerts, or a getting a quick general sense of what's going on in the world.
Yes, I know there are some people who don't want real-world information here, but I think this is a real, significant loss.
I sort of like it when things I do get described as "magic", because I kind of agree, just not in the sense that it's usually meant.
Because usually it's things where they get to see the grand finish and are all "teach me your secrets". Then you try to do that and they somehow instantaneously lose interest once they learn that every single performance involves half an hour of tedious prep, two stage hands, and hundreds of hours of practice and rehearsal to be able to nail it in the first place.
It had to be done...