As one Admin to another, I'm sad to hear that we're losing a good instance. And, I'm sorry that people ruined your fun.
Thanks for all you've done. All the best to you.
Jerry
joined 10 months ago
You have to use hashtags on Mastodon if you want your messages to be seen because there is no AI to fill timelines. People follow hashtags and search for them. Then you'll get likes and boosts.
And, you control your own timeline by following hashtags, following people, and searching for hashtags. This way, unlike Twitter, your timeline only has posts that you are interested in. Once you get this set up, it's quite nice to only see posts that you like reading, without advertising and without posts meant to enrage you.
Also you can use https://fedi.directory to find great people to follow.
So far, I'm liking it. There was a long article about zoning board business in my town. It gave me a beautiful summary. I asked for more specifics about one item, and it gave it to me. I've only had it installed for 15 minutes, and so far, I'm liking it!