In spite of how quiet Mastodon is, I think that's something that can work in its favor. What if it was able to replicate the most delicious parts of the early internet? Specifically the parts focused on creating not content but deeper connections, and not with thousands but with a small handful that became one another's community? (And by "what if it was able to replicate," I mean "what if *we* were," since the joy of Mastodon's quietness is, to some degree, in the possibilities that promises.
@odinsdream Yes, totally. A lot of the affinity interests I find represented on Masto aren't mine (like, they're in the non-overlapping part of my Venn diagram, tho they're still in the diagram and not someone else's entirely) but my sense is that it's small enough here that if I run my mouth about contemporary poetry & poetics, or whatever other weird shit I want to see represented, people who find those things interesting will talk about them. Critical mass of a diversity of weirdos! :P
@miriam yes yes yes!!!! Like I'm imagining finding affinity interests much easier around these instances, for example people who are making electronic music or specific kinds of writing or art or!!