@kissane really interesting to read. As a non-Twitter user i find Mastodon a pretty friendly thing. Although not a dev myself i can meet and see techie content on fosstodon, and i connect to new people or learn other things. And at least once a day i burst out laughing. Discoverability and finding interesting topics is, at best, nearly impossible and tooting can make you feel like the man on the soapbox in Hyde Park. It does help a lot to stay connected to friends, and that's my main purpose.