It's a shame that so many people are joining mastodon[.]social and having a bad experience. Unless you enjoy consuming the internet from a fire hose, you're gonna have a bad time. Moderation there is likely not going to align with your needs.
I am fortunate to have been following @nova on Twitter and saw her posting about #hachyderm, such that I was able to migrate to hachyderm.io after only 12 days of joining the fediverse. Even though it's grown to >20k users, the local feed is still readable!
@joannalaine @nova mastodon[.]social looks like a really bad choice. I saw screenshots where someone there was subjected to moderation for "reverse racism".
@joannalaine @nova Corollary: Send your donations to small instances run by teams with values that respect your humanity, not whiteness enforcing 's at the Mastodon company who don't need it.
@joannalaine @nova Update: according to their statement on birdsite, this moderation was made in error, was corrected, and does not reflect a policy they intend to have. Unfortunate that the mistake aligns with a lot of folks' fears about the platform, though...
Source: https://twitter.com/joinmastodon/status/1594436908154748929