I decided to give Mastodon another shot here recently, I found exactly one promising leftist instance, mastodon.lol. Bills itself as an "LGBT-friendly antifascist mastodon instance"
I watched another user get banned for saying that Azov were neonazis and I got banned for sticking up for them, then as part of his 240V power trip the admin posted a pity thread where he claimed we called him literally Hitler.
The only other leftist instance I saw welcomed all socialists except "authoritarians" so I assume it's either a socdem or sectarian anarchist instance.
TL;DR - Mastodon hasn't changed at all, it's still ran by power-tripping micro tyrants
Mastodon feels a lot like leftie twitter to me in that it seems more like a radlib social club.
I have my issues with hexbear but what I like about it and why I keep coming back to it is that it feels like people are here because they believe in things. The subject matter is more important than weird vibe checks or slogans.
For so many twitter leftists it feels like their beliefs are just based on vibes and aesthetics. And those are the people who I know love mastodon. People who still watch Contrapoints in 2022.
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I think twitter/masto is the way it is because it prioritizes the individual user feed. Blogs are similar, but you legit have to effortpost to maintain a blog. Microblogs just run on memes and vibes. People like following powerposters who entertain them and pretty people (to the point some transfems use masto like a dating service).
It's possible to form a nice little friendgroup on there, but beyond that advanced discussion feels impossible. Lemmy's success in promoting longform discussion is in de-emphasizing the user and emphasizing the post/comm.