I’m pretty new to the whole Lemmy thing, but I figured I’d ask peoples’ opinions on whether it’s worth it to get into Mastodon too now that I’m officially a member of the Fediverse.
Is it active? Is it worth it? Have you had good experiences there?
I know you’re specifically asking about Mastodon but consider checking it firefish as well. It’s got a lot of quality of life features that Mastodon still does not. That said the app situation is a lot rougher. Most Mastodon apps do work with firefish but every now and again something seems to break. If you’re looking for an instance firefish.lgbt is pretty solid but a little on the small side. Of course everything federates so that should be a huge issue unless you’re really into local.
Yes, very active, there is the #introduction tag there where you can find people (and people find you).
I have an epic experience there
It definitely is worth it. In terms of the number of users, it certainly cannot be compared with Twitter. Measured in terms of interaction, meaningful exchange and a nice community, it is worlds better than Twitter.
There are topic-oriented instances, e.g. for cybersecurity (https://infosec.exchange/). But of course you can follow people from other instances through the federation. The advantage of topic-oriented instances is that you have a local timeline on which all posts of your instance appear.
I love mastadon and highly recommend it! I’ve had nothing but a great experience thus far
