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@primalanomaly @Lana You realise you just wrote that on a genuinely good alternative, right?
@aral I enjoy Mastodon (and have deactivated my Twitter accounts, and agree with your original post), but it's wildly disingenuous to suggest that it has anywhere near the audience that Twitter does for general (non-techy) content. Mastodon is the compromise we make for ethical reasons, not a genuine like-for-like replacement in quality.
@scubbo @aral Sorry but I’m going to butt in, this is false, the fediverse may not have the numbers of Twitter but to claim it’s mainly techie people isn’t true. You follow less than 200 accounts, maybe take a look at that, I’m not trying to be a jerk. I have found so many of the verified accounts I followed over there, from scientists, to foreign policy experts, journalists, etc.
@NorCal_Lynne @scubbo @aral You are so right, Lynne. Here you get the feed that you create. Not only do I have access to experts in law, science, foreign affairs, etc, but there are fun and informative accounts that cover every topic imaginable. Just this morning I've had great interactions with Americans and Brits on gardening, birds, cats, and politics.
That's just a tiny sample of what can be found here.
@NorCal_Lynne @scubbo @aral
I closed my Twitter account, but honestly Mastodon is factually far from being as good as Twitter was. Mainly what’s missing is users, thus not much to be found about niche subjects. That made Twitter great.
Left it with pain in my heart, but indeed it did become a nazi bar.
buff dog himbo@scubbo @aral the fact that you're measuring your social media experience in "likes" might be part of the problem tbh. Engagement-driven social media is literally designed to lend itself to advertising & content curation prioritized by a company's proprietary algorithm. It is not an equitable system, & brutally punishes those of us who don't push a message that supports their philosophies (shadowbanning, etc). Like-for-like is not the best way to think about this IMO. 
@scubbo @aral my overall mental health has improved since quitting other social medias & opting for Mastodon. The shear metrics in terms of likes & shares doesn't account for the psychological cost of being drowned in ads & explicit hate-speech-driven content, at least not as a marginalized person who is the target of such hate. & the reach-throttling all major social medias now engage in CANNOT be overstated. Paying to boost content & ads works BECAUSE they restrict reach, not expand it.