So, after a few days on #mastodon I have a couple of impressions, many of which I've also seen from others:

1) If you don't have people who explain how it works to you, it's a bit challenging to do your first steps. BUT: when you ask for help here, people actually reply to you without sarcasm, no matter how stupid your question.

2) I've had really long conversations with interesting people here. It's not just likes or one comment, we have DISCUSSIONS here, which I love!

3) I've met new and interesting people who I didn't know before, giving me new impressions and things to think about.

4) I liked #twitter, not naively and I was aware of its flaws, but it was the platform where I first built a real network and found people talking about the same things I did. I've met many amazing people working for the company, who were incredibly dedicated to making it better, and I'm saddened to see that so many have lost their jobs and see their efforts go to waste.

5) I have many questions about how mastodon will develop in terms of #disinformation / #fimi and how it might play out here, including the response by admins and the community.

I'm very happy to be here, but also find it sad what happens to Twitter right now. I think we should not just think about how it is going downhill, but also that amazing people have in the past invested their time, creativity and passion into making it a better place.