Tech lover, nazi hater.
Yes, the percentage of Twitter users that moved to Mastodon was small BUT the numbers of users was a huge increases over previous users, Yes, many instances came up and went down BUT they had small user counts. Finally, many people tried out Mastodon but didn’t stick around BUT the Average Mastodon Active Users by Month (first line chart) increases in the last period.
I’m sticking with Mastodon (and Lemmy). Besides, I know John Mastodon.
An example of unpalatable water is in Los Angeles. While it is safe to drink it testes bad. Many people have office style water dispensers in their homes that use 3 or 5 gallon bottles. The bottles can be filled in a vending machine or at the water store. Water stores typically have large filtration systems and charge about 25 cents per gallon.
Here are some reviews of watr stores with pics: https://www.yelp.com/search?cflt=waterstores&find_loc=Los+Angeles%2C+CA
The Mastodon instance sfba.social publishes their financials. They have about 30k total users and costs are about $1,000 USD per month. Donations cover this amount and the extra is saved.
https://hub.sfba.social/2023/04/15/transparency-report-march-2023/
Details of the different Fediverse platforms - https://fediverse.party/
There are several mental-health communities. A few I can think of are /bipolar and /ocd.