Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?

[colesstreetpothole@weatherishappening.network]

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes!

[gatesvp@mstdn.ca]

@LianaBrooks absolutely

[chertridge@beige.party]

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes.

[greatbigtable@mastodon.social]

@LianaBrooks yes and yes. I regularly get news items related to computer security before my colleagues because of the people and hashtags that I follow. It has proven itself to be a valuable resource.

I do not use X, Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, or TikTok.

I do have Facebook and LinkedIn accounts that I primarily use for workplace activities. I also use the Facebook account to promote a local event once a month. That's it.

I use Discord for TTRPG related projects and news.

[mikal@sfba.social]

@Montaagge @LianaBrooks

right? I saw this and was like, "that's bait."

[alpha1beta@libretweet.com]

@LianaBrooks yes and yes.

[deborahh@cosocial.ca]

@LianaBrooks @lydiaschoch yes. Once I found a third-party android client I liked.

[onmywalk@vmst.io]

@LianaBrooks
Yes++! I like it here

[hopeward@sunny.garden]

@LianaBrooks Yup.

[edwing@mstdn.moimeme.ca]

@LianaBrooks Unfortunately yes (wish it would be SMS), and yes!

[carbsrule_en@polyglot.city]

@LianaBrooks yes. It mostly works, although I still see threads where it's like:

Person A: *some strong opinion*
Person A: [tags person B on some other server whose reply can't be seen] that's an interesting point

[dogdoggie@mastodon.social]

@LianaBrooks Yes! I stayed away from all other platforms because.... billionaires. I barely ever post, but feel that here in the commie wierdo corner of the social Web, I have become less alone.

[dusk@todon.eu]

@LianaBrooks

"Yes" and "yes?" (depends on what you mean by 'working'!)

Quit Facebook for one year. Recently opted to rejoin Facebook because there are groups and events that only exist there, and I'm a little isolated geographically + socially where I live. Facebook is a hellsite, and I spend 97% of my social media time here. I like it here.

[wendinoakland@beige.party]

@LianaBrooks @dusk Yes, yes!

[hteasley@mastodon.scot]

@LianaBrooks @dusk Yep. By far better than anything else. Blue sky a distant second.

[mirishuli@mstdn.social]

@rebelyn2 @LianaBrooks Do you follow any hashtags?

[crcollins@writing.exchange]

@LianaBrooks

Yes. The only other one I have is Bluesky & I don't spend much time there. I get better interactions & good conversations here.

[montaagge@kolektiva.social]

@Mikal @LianaBrooks i actually responded before I noticed because it is so immaculate. I looped back when I realized I had been played

[montaagge@kolektiva.social]

@Mikal @LianaBrooks mastodon was the first social media to have age verification. Our age verification is flawless. No one would bother to join mastodon if they weren't practically senile already.

[mikal@sfba.social]

@Montaagge @LianaBrooks

Oh, I responded because it is a legitimate and interesting question. But also, guaranteed engagement bait. Not in a bad way like a commercial sites.