@BlueBassist yeah, same here.
I had two accounts on twitter: “professional” and “personal”. But I never felt part of a community in either one. Some of it might just be that my interests are just so all over the place I can’t find my place.
And yet… way back when, I could go to IRC and find a similar group of people in my favorite channels. I dunno if mastodon will do it, but so far it’s been a bit better I guess?