@PurpCat @kirby SPC started Feb 7 2016. sealion.club and freezepeach.xyz existed for months before us, not sure how long.

I did not come from Twitter but I set up my server roughly coinciding with being annoyed that some places like Twitter were banning people. Not because of any specific reason but just that, I wanted a "social media" I could enjoy and not be subject to someone else's whims on what I could post. I believe that sealion.club and freezepeach.xyz were set up specifically in response to Twitter bannings but I was not involved with that.