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

[bart@smop.fyi]

@LianaBrooks @vladimir_lu Yes. I went from mailinglists and Usenet to Twitter and then Mastodon, mostly as a consumer, so no need to worry about who I can reach.

It’s plenty to feel connected to the rest of the world.

[ndw@toot.wales]

@LianaBrooks Yep.

[alternatecelt@mastodon.scot]

@LianaBrooks
Maybe not primary, but definitely preferred. I am trapped in Facebook by work and keeping in touch with family.
Mastodon works well for me, it's a friendly, sensible space with lots of good interaction.

[samebchase@fantastic.earth]

@LianaBrooks Absolutely yes to both.

[tina@openbiblio.social]

@LianaBrooks
I do and it does work for me. 🙂

[cargot_robbie@urbanists.social]

@LianaBrooks Yep. It's my only social networking account, unless you count YouTube. I like my fedi experience.

[thmcguire@mastodon.social]

@LianaBrooks Yes, and yes. I suspect I miss things on other platforms that might be interesting. I know 100% I am missing things on other platforms that are terrible. It’s a trade off I’m happy to make. I’m over 60 years old, so most of my life I learned about current events through newspapers, community groups, and talking with family and friends.

[snowyca@social.vivaldi.net]

@LianaBrooks yes and yes.

[thejaysunday@mamot.fr]

@LianaBrooks 1000 times yes!

[wtl@mastodon.social]

@LianaBrooks @blogdiva 💯 Wouldn’t have it any other way now, either.

[kaiserkiwi@corteximplant.com]

@LianaBrooks yes

[shaulaevans@zirk.us]

@kamrathobbit @LianaBrooks 💯 #TeamMostodon

[mickjamezz@mastodon.social]

@LianaBrooks

Wow , the engagement on this post is astronomical.
Can we monetize it somehow?

[edavies@functional.cafe]

@LianaBrooks Only one. Yes, mostly.

[waspfactory@mastodonsweden.se]

@LianaBrooks Yes. For several years now. Love it!

[rlok@apobangpo.space]

@LianaBrooks absolutely

[moaske@social.vivaldi.net]

@LianaBrooks Not just primary; practically the only one... 😏
My Pixelfed (Activitypub too) doesn't get too much attention, and I still have a dead Bluesky account that I should delete... 🤔

And Yes, it works very much for me😁

[alan@lighthouse.co.im]

@LianaBrooks @SnowyCA I use Facebook only for family and community contact.It probably takes up to 2% of my time on social media compared to here.

[eyrea@mstdn.ca]

@LianaBrooks It is my only social media channel, and it's working great!

One of the key features for me is being able to set up filters and blocks. Definitely when I first got here there was more friction, but the key thing is one can control what shows up in one's timeline. This many years in, it's easy to forget about, and something I need to make a point of telling interested people about.

[tav@mindly.social]

@Sablebadger @LianaBrooks yeah, this… the folk I would have known on fb before that are here, were here before me. So it’s growing new connections and that’s cool.