@rauschma I’m a normal user - no experience or knowledge of tech behind the scenes.
I left Twitter before it changed to the new name; I deleted Instagram and Threads about 3 weeks ago; I deactivated FB about 3 weeks ago. I’ve been on LinkedIn for what seems like ages, and I joined Bsky last year.

Joined Mastodon about a month ago on one server. I really like it here.
Difficulties for me included, but are now resolved:
- understanding the best way to find things I’m interested in
- finding people I already know (this still an issue, as possibly they’re not here)
- finding followers of people I follow (not resolved)
- choosing a better server - I changed once, and then again.

However, I love:
- using hashtags to find content, rather than users, that I find interesting. This leads to…
- better , or rather more effective, interaction
- using Ivory as a client works for me
- muting hashtags, and therefore users.