I deleted my Twitter account years ago, I just didnt use it anymore. I was on Facebook for a while, but I hated every minute I was there, so I also deleted that.<p>I signed up on mastodon a year or two ago, and it's the most positive experience I've had online in a very long time. It's fun, like MySpace was in the beginning.<p>Mastodon is interesting because it isn't one thing, it's many unique communities that talk to each other. My home server is full of people like me, it's a strong community where people feel safe and comfortable. However, most of my follows are from outside my server. It's an environment where I can be my actual, genuine self, which is a nice experience these days.<p>I think mastodon has captured the spirit of what social media was originally meant to be. Without the pressure of trying to extract money from your users, the users are more free to express themselves. It's the way things used to be before "don't be evil" went down the toilet.<p>Mastodon is good, and whether or not it "replaces" Twitter (which is not and never was the goal), it's going to stick around for a long time.