How I discovered a brand new dwelling on-line at Mastodon, after giving up on Twitter

IT HAS been almost six months since Twitter’s transformation from iconic social media platform into the eccentric private venture of tech billionaire Elon Musk. I deserted my account final November, save for work bulletins – I didn’t need to stick round and watch the place disintegrate. Nonetheless, I craved a digital hangout the place I might join with buddies and colleagues, take a look at out my half-baked concepts and have a look at cute footage of capybaras.

I tried out a number of platforms, from newcomers like Put up to the well-established TikTok, and nothing felt proper. How have you learnt when you might have discovered a web based …