3) I don't see the fun in joining a social network where I need to mute 98% of all posts and profiles every single time I go on. ...is that not most experience

3) I don't see the fun in joining a social network where I need to mute 98% of all posts and profiles every single time I go on. ...is that not most experiences of twitter? As for where to have an account, sdf.org has been around since the 80s and hosts a variety of useful things including a fediverse client (if memory serves, mastodon).