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@Fragglemuppet @Bruce @techsinger @FreakyFwoof In a technical sense it's better because anyone can have their own spot in the fediverse, and either invite people or keep it to themselves.
In a cultural sense it seems better because people actually recognize the existence of others unlike themselves, whether that's people who might appreciate content warnings or alt text.
The user experience is very Twitter-like, and the blind community basically migrated off of one and onto the other, so that's going to feel very similar. But I used to look at mainstream Twitter sometimes and while there was good content there too, it was a lot more full of low-effort garbage. If I tried to advocate for alt text, I'd get replies from people who either didn't understand why I was asking for it (even though I specified in the post) or didn't care. If I replied to people asking questions about blindness, I'd get shorthand disbelief. Twitter used to only allow 140 characters and I think it trained people to stop caring about what someone had to say after the 141th character.
So I feel like it's more accurate to say Mastodon is like the best of Twitter. And a lot of people who were in specific interest-based bubbles or the disability space didn't experience the worst Twitter had to offer.