I spend quite a bit of time forming bonds/relationships with people on the fediverse (not all of the instances are garbage full of crazed lunatics) and it took

I spend quite a bit of time forming bonds/relationships with people on the fediverse (not all of the instances are garbage full of crazed lunatics) and it took over a year of looking for the right fit, but once I did, I haven't thought of leaving that community, even through times where my account is dormant for a period (as it's easier to take breaks). I only really interact with less then 20 people and I probably have 70 followers. This has improved my mental and emotional health ever since i met these people, they are real, and like me they don't say things or do things for attention; as you would go to quite literally any other social structure for those things. The "open" nature intertwined with these "islands" of people creates for a really cool social experience. Easily the best I've had online since most of the forums I used to be a part of have died. If you need someone to bounce things off of, just DM them; they are real and they won't post screenshots of your interaction two years later. Obviously that's not true for every instance, and it's not true for every person, but you have a higher likelihood of finding people you can genuinely care about even if they don't live in your area, and the only thing that unites you is the general dislike for people, but the begrudging realization that we need each other.