On Social Media and Leaving Mastodon

This is my sixth attempt at using Mastodon, and I think it will be my last. I&rsquo;ve had this account for one month and one day, and I&rsquo;ve decided to delete it: not because of anything specific to Mastodon, but because I&rsquo;ve concluded that I&rsquo;m fundamentally incompatible with social media as a category. Let me start with what actually worked. The Mastodon community is genuinely…