@ItsSheVee I tend to be interested in “underdog” tech.

@ItsSheVee I came maybe two or three years ago for only one reason, because a good friend of mine said hey I just joined this thing and you should give it a shot. Nothing more than that.

@ItsSheVee all of the above

@ItsSheVee all of the above, but right now because of Musk. I hadn't been active on Twitter for a long time. It seems nicer here so far.

@ItsSheVee I’d already pretty much finished with Twitter last year, and it seemed like things might get a bit worse there now so that motivated me finally give mastodon a try. I don’t know if Elon gave the final push or just the thought of all the impending takes on that topic. Either way - no thanks.

@ItsSheVee I voted other.

I didn't want a corporation running the community I participate in.

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Stepped in Fediverse looong before Elon came into play... because I'm curious.

@ItsSheVee The time was right to ride the wave of decentralisation and hope this time my friends would join me.

I was frustrated that Elon had said nothing about #Bluesky, and realised I needed to vote with my feet, not wait for a big company to one day maybe do the right thing.

@ItsSheVee Because of the idea of decentralized (federated) social network.

@ItsSheVee To connect with the specific community of people on my instance.

@ItsSheVee all of the above, I started thinking about leaving Twitter a long time ago, Elon was just the last straw. I like that the fediverse isn't centered around content going viral.

@ItsSheVee @qwertzalotl

April 2017. I was an app.net user, and that service shuttered in late March, I tried a few alternatives, pnut and 10centuries, but found my home in Mastodon.

Seems forever ago.

@ItsSheVee I've never had FB or Twitter accounts. I came here eight or nine months ago to make sure I got some social interaction during the pandemic without the toxicity and privacy invasions of the large commercial platforms.

@ItsSheVee It wasn't because of Elon, but I was part of a previous wave of the so-called "Twitter Refugees" from a few years ago. That being said, Elon is the reason I finally disabled my Twitter accounts for good. Felt a little strange, but it is a relief that it's finally done.

@ItsSheVee it was long overdue. I'd looked at Mastodon years ago when the service was starting to spin up in response to equally disappointing bird site news. Got distracted and mostly distanced myself from all social media.

Found myself back the last couple years and not enjoying it. Was leaning toward another sabbatical when #TheMuskening occurred and that was enough to push me forward.

Mastodon removes the things I hated. Ads, algorithm based feed, and the omnipresent need for impressions.

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As a very occasional, uninvested and disinterested Twitter user, I had no "fear of what it might become".
I do dislike Musk, and I do intensely dislike advertising. The main reason for the switch was mostly because my wife switched, and she is the person I interacted with the most on Twitter.

Putting it another way, I switched so I could still share wordle scores with my wife.

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i went here because i heard this was a more chill place
I was tired of dealing with stupid online dicourse, and watching a bunch of bigots having hot takes

@ItsSheVee Pure curiosity about what a federated network would look like. As to the Twitter buyout from Elon Musk, I really couldn't care less. Really.

@ItsSheVee Arrived long ago after seeing a post about Mastodon on an aggregator and thinking that sounded like something I'd enjoy. Haven't regretted it yet.

Google closed G+ so I followed a friend to Mastodon.
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@ItsSheVee Fed up with stupid censorship.

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been on Mastodon since 2017 - open source, open protocol, federated, etc.

@ItsSheVee I need multiple choice here

@ItsSheVee I was curious of the community first and foremost.

@ItsSheVee 2, 3, 1 in that order.

It doesn't feel correct to have one guy buy the platform & do what he wants with it, & it's data.

If you want to see a site without moderation check out 4chan, I'm not interested in being on something like that.

Also U've always wanted to join Mastodon since I love FOSS :)

@ItsSheVee ,No Moderation Dangerous Over Reach :/ :(

Also, I Do NOT Trust #ElonMusk , & Highly An #NPD Sufferer Too With Full Or Partial Triats ,

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Leans Toxic Right/Far Right CONservatism Values, Ideologies, Extremism, Voices, :/ :(

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Because mastodon was free (libre) software, also decentralise nature.

@ItsSheVee gnusocial kind of died.

@ItsSheVee federation, lack of ads and notification/engagement spam.

@ItsSheVee because I don't like big tech algorithms monitoring, predicting, and trying to control my behavior

@ItsSheVee I voted option 3, but 1 and 2 also played a part.

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First got aware of it through @necrosis (thanks!).

Finally got a nudge last year and tried it.

When Corona hit, I decided not to log in to Birdsite and instead tried the waters here.

Elon was just the straw to make me go delete the account there (planned for years)

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Other: Curiosity

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I was looking for a clean, well-lighted place.

@ItsSheVee I think Twitter is a really unhealthy site even disregarding Elon. The drama around his acquisition was a good reason as any to move over to Mastodon

@ItsSheVee Curiosity, found how cool it is!

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I joined Mastodon years ago when it first started, on principle of supporting open source, but found it very quiet. Then kinda forgot about it.

Now Elon drove me back. And I like it!

@ItsSheVee general toxicity level at birdsite...

@ItsSheVee I came for no Elon, stayed for the love of open-source

@ItsSheVee all of the above

@ItsSheVee quitter.se closed down

@ItsSheVee identi.ca went down the drain or something? 🤔

@ItsSheVee Saw a new opportunity to meet cool people without algorithmic heckery back in 2016.

@ItsSheVee cuz birdsite sucks and this looks like a good alternative with nicer people

@ItsSheVee I got tired of crypto scammers propaganda, their thousands bots and lies.
Also the birdsite started incorporating NFT tech, that was the last thing I would expect from a decent company.

@ItsSheVee Other: All of the above.

@ItsSheVee I was impersonated and a friend scammed by the impersonated account, and twitter said they'd done nothing wrong. I can't be social on a service that cares so little about its users.

@ItsSheVee I've dabbled with mastodon a couple times over the last several years. Mainly due to loving open source products and the privacy they can afford. I'm tired of every aspect of online social platforms being nothing more than data mines invading our privacy and trying to make a profit from us. I'm here for good now.

@ItsSheVee I wanted to find something that is owned collectively and managed democratically

@ItsSheVee Had a friend who often complained about not having enough friends.

*Real* friends, not numbers on a page. People who 'get' him; 2 talk 2, connect, &hang out.

I advised that what both of us should do (since I'm not great at socializing either ^^;; ) is look for spaces where weird/neurodivergent/neuroatypical/awkward people are. Stop trying to fit in where we don't fit, and find the rare spaces where we do.

So now I'm here looking. Taking it slow, but. Taking my own advice ffs. :3

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All of the Above :)

@ItsSheVee mine was between Elon and Fear options. For me, they go hand in hand. There was a report a day or so ago in which someone previously banned from birb, who was trying to dox a BLM activist to “take [them] out,” texted the head of Elon’s investment firm inquiring about account reinstatement. This head said the person could have their account back “hopefully soon.” Of course this doesn’t mean it will happen, but I think it was a sign of what they hope to accomplish: no moderation.

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Been here for two years. I came from Gnu Social after two different instances I moved to shut down without notice. Before that I was on Identi.ca.

I never really used or liked Zuckerhell or the bird site. The only corporate network I ever used a lot was Quora before it too lost its way in the name of profit.

I have a strong preference for small communities that are more tight knit both online and off. They are more real to me and dont hurt my mental health.

@ItsSheVee @stux tired of the hate

@ItsSheVee I was looking to see if there were cool, privacy respecting social media platform around and I stumbled upon Mastoson :) couldn’t be happier! I found more than I was hoping for

@ItsSheVee I ended up here because of @meneer 😂

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Love for FOSS + Running away from algoritmc feeds + Federations represents most of the things I consider to be right

@ItsSheVee choose the second ‘cause the culture was already fkd ~2016

@ItsSheVee All of the above, but Elon was the final straw.

@ItsSheVee Too bad this pool isn't multiple choice

@ItsSheVee Was fed up with Facebook both personally and ethically. Came to the fediverse for the decentralized nature and self-control of my data and connections. (Never had a twitter account, FWLIW.)

@ItsSheVee I was part of the wil weaton event. I'd heard of mastodon long before, but his "okay, I'm off over there" was the catalyst. When he left (let's not go into that), I stayed.

@ItsSheVee I followed @bigzaphod here back in 2018 as he moved then and I didn't want to miss out, then stayed because I found a far nicer community than Birdsite!

@ItsSheVee Just bc other friends changed to here

@ItsSheVee because my shell account system opened an instance and I found out about it.

@ItsSheVee A while ago, Twitter got pretty unreliable about supporting its API for third-party clients. I benefit from choosing my own client due to #a11y concerns, but also, I realised how vulnerable it makes one to depend on a company like Twitter, for which I don't matter at all.

@ItsSheVee appeals to our anarchist spirit! No slaves, no masters!

@ItsSheVee a bunch of my internet friends signed up during the Tumblr exodus, and I jumped on the bandwagon even though I didn't use Tumblr myself.

@ItsSheVee The three options at the same time. :)

@ItsSheVee Still hoping to find a place that is as good as Google+ once was. And identi.ca :)

@ItsSheVee All three really.

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All three

@ItsSheVee Dislike of centralisation; I didn't want to be the product on sale to advertisers.

@ItsSheVee back in 2017 i heard it was full of leftists and lgbt people , so ijoined for the community

@ItsSheVee love open source + fear of bird site. also I'm getting really tired of algorithms dictating what I see

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Somebody shared a toot with this video :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOzM4ClFG1o

Had to register.

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All of the above. I only wish I can convince enough of my friends to follow me over here.

@ItsSheVee love of open source and federation made me join Mastodon last year (I run my own instance). Elon Musk made me delete my Twitter account last month.

@ItsSheVee I joined in November 2019, then forgot about it...took another look when it was getting mentions on other social media...and, well, here I am...

@ItsSheVee I got permabanned from Twitter for no reason at all, frankly. (Though I've lately suspected that I might've been because I've been sharing links to my Mastodon profile in a different instance)

@ItsSheVee birdsite continually blocking people who complain about misogyny, privilege and (homo, trans)-phobia while dismissing reports concerning tweets containing those things

@ItsSheVee The party that I am a member of has its own instance and I decided to try it out when I learned about it.

@ItsSheVee I had never gotten into Twitter and @yoz kept singing Mastodon's praises on Facebook so I finally gave in and joined, seeding my follows by following everyone Yoz followed.