So many people are having a bad first experience with Mastodon because they're using the official app which is lacking features, doesn't allow image uploads randomly, has random slowness, and doesn't give you easy access to the two most active feeds where you can find people (Local and Federated).
Please switch to Metatext, Tusky, or Tooot for a better mobile experience (or even use a browser).
Out of the >15k users that joined this week, over 11k are on the official apps.
@KuJoe This is explains A LOT of the complaints I’ve seen about Mastadon not being capable of replacing Twitter. I was lucky and knew someone who already used Mastadon, so I started out with Metatext and love it. I thought people were just being overly critical.