@fluffy How is it? I think it's like all things, it depends on how you use it, the software you use, etc.

Is it deleterious to my mental health to use timeline-based microblogging to keep in touch with my friends and chat with them, and meet their friends too? I'm not sure I understand.

How does Tumblr/cohost/<other centralised alternative you recommend> solve these issues? Wouldn't people want to self-host their blogs (with software like WriteFreely, Plume, which can federate and expose RSS, or even others that exist already like WordPress and things like that)?