Actually, I'm pretty calm - I can't say the same about the super excited users of Mastodon in the near future though! And, honestly, all this "movement" or "exodus" being based on Elon Musk taking over, really?! How was Twitter any better before him?! The blatant censorship actually made many people flee Twitter long before ELon Musk and it was heavily infested with bots since day 1 and I find no utility in it. Twitter is an acute form of masochism trying to follow a "conversation" on it. I do have Twitter Blue and I've been a paying subscribero of Threadreader before, but they don't help.
ANyway, just try to imagine the same spammy bots taking down all Mastodon servers when the super eager to leave Twitter move to the next cool thing... It won't be pretty! The Fail Whale will feel like a joke compared to what's about to come.
Characterizing Twitter moderation as "blatant censorship" does not, to my mind, indicate that you are a serious conversant here.
> How was Twitter any better before him?!
Before Musk took over it wasn't saddled with the $13B in debt he took on to buy it. Before Musk took over advertisers weren't fleeing the platform in droves. Before Musk took over no one could impersonate Eli Lilly with a blue checkmark and cause its stock to crash. There's no indication now that Twitter will do anything to stop hate campaigns and abuse when they arise (hate speech is free speech, after all, and isn't illegal in the US). I could imagine some kind of future for Twitter before Musk, but that's immensely more difficult now.
I don't think Mastodon is the solution, mind you. But it's no surprise to me that a lot of folks are looking for an alternative.
ANyway, just try to imagine the same spammy bots taking down all Mastodon servers when the super eager to leave Twitter move to the next cool thing... It won't be pretty! The Fail Whale will feel like a joke compared to what's about to come.