Good article and great insights.

I am a RIF refugee myself and only heard a bit about mastodon because I never took interest in twitter.

After the Reddit drama I heard about instances like these and federations themselves and it peaked my interest.

I tried a few options but I enjoy Kbin the most.

I am honestly done with the centralization of the information I consume and the enshittification of it. I’d rather take the leap of information possibly disappearing than to have it behind ridiculous paywalls and endless sponsored content.

Almost everything is being build in a shitty facebook/tik tok/insta clone based on monetization and it irritates me more and more.

I am just looking for a forum like experience with the information simple and dense on my screen (like RIF).

The fact that I can get that here is enough for me to stay.

Another thing is for the people who read this and my contemplate to return. Reddit will bend you over again…and again…and again.

They need to see profits and they are willing to go scorched earth for it.