I’m beginning to think that my repeated Mastodon itches aren’t actually about Mastodon but about wanting something social media isn’t providing. Even if, as I’ve mused, all the interesting people I know from my various and very different stages in life joined one Mastodon instance, so there’d be a worthwhile local community, I don’t think a social stream is what I want, or the thing that is missing. Maybe instead of repeatedly and apparently without any satisfaction musing upon Mastodon, I should be looking into a good, old-fashioned web forum.