I never really ‘got’ Twitter-style microblogging, and still don’t really get Mastodon for the same reason. But I could some use for it if I represented some kind of group or organization that needed to publish regular updates.

Don’t think so. I’m pretty happy with my social life and haven’t touched any of that stuff in 10+ years.

Aren’t Lemmy, kbin, Reddit etc. just web forums?

Social media is a very specific type of product that (at least partially) tries to base itself on your ‘real’ social life.

Left (non-dominant), though I’ve really started to resent having to carry one everywhere. Contemplating ways to replace it with a smartwatch for most situations, if that’s even doable