So, I missed it - but on #Monday marked a full year since I made my first #Mastodon account, @mdmrn. I subsequently moved from Dot Social to the Urusai Instance in November of last year and have been here since.
When I first got here, I figured this would just be a place I'd be when I wasn't on #Twitter. I was very, very active on Twitter with over 3,000 followers. With the Musk purchase on the horizon, I wanted a place to fall back to in case things got bad.
They did.
Over most of last year, I was less and less active on Twitter until I just stopped.
After I stopped, I put up a post directing people to find me elsewhere. Some did, some did not.
I got here a little after my friend @gnitro who had already started to settle into the #Fediverse before me. After arriving, I met folks like @cliffwade@Mrfunkedude who helped with such a welcoming environment here on #Mastodon.
All in all, it was a necessary move. While I miss some of the folks back on Twitter, I'm glad to be here. It's been a much better social media experience for me.
Thanks for having me Fedi, you're not getting rid of me anytime soon!
I made my first account on mastodon.social in april 2022 too. But I consider the day of my first toot as my start here, that's November 11th. So some time to go for my 1 year :)
There are so many great people that I've found on Mastodon. It's amazing the relationships you can build when you're not being forced to see peoples content by some algorithm isn't it?
I'm so glad you discovered the rest of the Fediverse as well. Hopefully in the future more people will discover what you have and help make this place even better.
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