This illustrates a key principle of Mastodon. It was designed by programmers to specifically be the social media system that was designed to not have all the problems that all the others are prone to.
That's a decision for you to make. I can only speak from my own experience, but I find the connections I make with other people with similar interests recreates the best of my time as an undergraduate at university. I mentioned in the article the woman who'd published a paper about the impact of Russian propaganda on the Ottawa occupation of last year. I would never have known about her work if I hadn't come across it on Mastodon. And I'd never have seen her post on Twitter because it is so much more difficult to sculpt a personal type of feed on it and other social media.
If you want to be a part of what used to be called 'The Republic of Letters', I think Mastodon is the place to be. What it might be in the future, I don't know---but I do think it shows great promise.
As someone who never really saw the appeal of microblogging and consequently never had a Twitter account, do you think I should join Mastodon too?
That's a decision for you to make. I can only speak from my own experience, but I find the connections I make with other people with similar interests recreates the best of my time as an undergraduate at university. I mentioned in the article the woman who'd published a paper about the impact of Russian propaganda on the Ottawa occupation of last year. I would never have known about her work if I hadn't come across it on Mastodon. And I'd never have seen her post on Twitter because it is so much more difficult to sculpt a personal type of feed on it and other social media.
If you want to be a part of what used to be called 'The Republic of Letters', I think Mastodon is the place to be. What it might be in the future, I don't know---but I do think it shows great promise.
I will check it out, thanks!