[denysvitali]

But that's not the reason you switched from Twitter to Mastodon right? Because as you're describing it, the problems are similar - although on a smaller scale.

The main difference is that with Mastodon it seems like you have a choice to move away from a rogue instance

[vidarh]

To me the problems being "on a smaller scale" makes them fundamentally different. On Twitter you're beholden to the moderation decisions of a single company. On Mastodon I'm not. That's a giant difference. The problems are not remotely comparable.

On top of that, once I moved, I found engagement was just way higher.

But the decentralised and open nature is the driver for me with Mastodon. Knowing that I can control my own experience, both in terms of moderation and in terms of being able to mix and match software which suits me (e.g. I plan to add ActivityPub support to my blog and use it for a comment section).

[ilyt]

Okay, but I don't want any wanker to moderate what I decide to watch. Public streams, sure, there are reasons for that, moderate away, but if the solution is "well, you really need to just run your own server infrastructure" that's a shitty solution

[vidarh]

Then pick an instance which doesn't. Your choice.

[denysvitali]

Thanks for your inputs!