>>85I involve myself with neither, but what I've observed is that while the "cesspools" are just edgy banter, the quirky Masto communities are actually incredibly toxic, with extremely reactionary antics, groupthink, and endless amounts of purity spiralling. Also a depressing lack of individuation, so much of the behavior is the same stuff cycled for months, and nothing interesting ever happening. uwu soft LARPers are insufferable at this point.