I will still fail to understand why people are willing to flirt with platforms such as Bluesky and/or (potentially) Threads.
The Fediverse in general isn't perfect, no one should claim that it is. However, if you are willing to take the time to evaluate the instance that you sign up on, then you can expect to be protected most of the time.
It wasn't a random decision to jump over to tech.lgbt after mastodon.lol fell by the wayside.
I was looking for the following:
An LGBT related server that had healthy membership numbers
Permissive but fair policies
Responsible with their defederation list
Protective of their users
Signed up to the covenant
I believe that this instance 99.9% of the time gets these things right. My time here has been an overwhelmingly pleasant experience.
This place+fediverse may not attract the same numbers that corporate social media does. However, I really don't care, all the people I want to interact with are right here!