@kissane Random thought: How many of these people tried Mastodon during Nov 2022?

During that time most instances ended up restricted, so it was very easy to find yourself in questionable places if you still pushed through and joined, which I felt perhaps exacerbated some issues?

I feel it's a lot better now, I've had a few friends join on the usual big instances and it's been pretty smooth sailing, but I wonder how it would have been if they were on tiny instance #57 when everywhere was shut.