@kissane Interesting write-up! I'm a returning user giving Mastodon a second try. I'm liking it much more this time, but it's helpful to see what didn't work for users who left.

First time I tried here was a few months ago, during a twitter exodus when many instances were closed. Imo when you're a new user, this did make it confusing/too time-consuming to research where to go instead (bc all recs were closed!)

Now I'm on the default instance, which is partly what convinced me to try returning.