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

[gustodon@mas.to]

@LianaBrooks There's other social media?

[rhw@mastodon.au]

@LianaBrooks
#Mastodon is my only social media since Musk bought Twitter.
I cancelled #Insta at same time.
*edit Yes it works very well for me, so many interesting people and great #'s to follow.

[johafreu@mastodon.social]

@LianaBrooks
Yes, this is my main social media (no fb, no insta, no x) anything is deleted 2022finally - only exception currently is #linkedin for my business connections.
After I found my peers on Mastodon I never regretted the step - anyhow as always a fresh start is intense but expands own perspective in the long run!

[christinemalec@mstdn.ca]

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes

[vwdasher@mymasto.com]

@LianaBrooks yes and absolutely!

[johnnythan@tuebingen.network]

@LianaBrooks Yes.

[gwyn@kolektiva.social]

@LianaBrooks

It's pretty much my only social media, besides some online forums. It works for me, but I'm not a heavy user.

[andrewbriscoe@mastodon.social]

@LianaBrooks 100%. I’ve only used Mastodon for around 4 years and haven’t looked back.

[ppb1701@ppb.social]

@LianaBrooks Me. I'm on here more than anywhere else.

[lawyersgunsnmoney@mstdn.social]

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes. People are overwhelmingly great to interact with. I’m long done with surveillance state/Fascist-controlled social media.

[lebochequirit@social.tchncs.de]

@LianaBrooks
Yes and yes, for > 6 years and it's good for my mental health.

[romix@mastodon.green]

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes

[woolie@mastodon.social]

@LianaBrooks yes & yes

[tommi@jontka.fi]

@LianaBrooks yes + yes.

I also sporadically glance Pixelfed but that's it.

[gracelesshippo@mastodon.ie]

@LianaBrooks

Yes and yes. I have no social media presence outside of mastodon and I prefer it this way.

[rick_d_card@mastodon.social]

@LianaBrooks I was only on facebunk for a month during the pandemic and I ditched it pretty quickly because I felt kind of dirty after awhile. Very distasteful. I'm not sure if I'm getting much out of Mastodon. I have a feed of stuff I kind of like but, nobody I know is on it except one guy who doesn't post. I find it difficult to find people on it. I'll keep on it and it may change although I'm not sure social media is good for much. To be truthful, I don't know why people seem to like soc/med.

[flaki@flaki.social]

@LianaBrooks yeah, I don't remember what was the last straw but last January I finally deleted my (already disused & derelict) Facebook & Instagram accounts. I never got into Tiktok and left the musky Twitter with great haste, despite it being my last stronghold of "social media" still in heavy use. I had tried Bluesky for a bit but really only visited it like once a month until they decided to go with the age verification garbage and just left (can't even delete my account without accepting the new terms and I didn't care enough to pursue as I had barely any content in there anyway).

On the other hand the Fedi and my self-hosted Mastodon instance doesn't just align with my values and gives me full control I never head around my social media, it has also grown, bit by bit to a point where it absolutely can and does serve as my primary social media lifeline! It took some time but I couldn't be happier with it.

https://flaki.social/@flaki/116040038448859463

[smellsofbikes@mastodon.social]

@LianaBrooks yes and yes, although what's working for me probably doesn't count for people used to twitter back when it was good.

[susannedoering@zirk.us]

@LianaBrooks Yes and yes. I used to be very active on Twitter (never used FB or IG), but left when Musk bought it. I am here mostly every day and I like it. I miss some people and some topics, still hope they will eventually show up.

[richih@chaos.social]

@LianaBrooks just another yes and yes