@potterybyosa
From 2017 to 2019, I was on a forum called "Writerbeat". All sorts of characters exchanging different views. But I built up relationships with about 10 of them. We haven't met IRL, but if we did, it would be like old friends.
Writerbeat was able to build a community, which I am not seeing in all other social media. Unfortunately, the business matrix was not there, and it shut down.
I moved to G+, then Medium. I joined Mastodon in 2023.