1. Your company, university, or club can run a Mastodon server for itself, under its full control.
2. No one can tell you which apps to use or what kind of functionality it can have.
3. You don't have to chase friends or influencers from platform to platform. Set up a homebase on the Fediverse and follow them remotely wherever they go.
4. You own your contacts. No algorithm keeps you from seeing them, or them from seeing you.
5. Your server can be hosted in your country.
@taylorlorenz also, this thread is massive. Much ♥️ to our friends at Mastodon who got the replies-fetching working. Such a better conversation experience.
If you have a fediverse account, you can quote this note from your own instance. Search https://cosocial.ca/users/evan/statuses/116041345218884152 on your instance and quote it. (Note that quoting is not supported in Mastodon.)