Twitter getting worse, weird political shit. What's the best Mastodon server and Android app?

When it comes to instances there's no "right" answer for everyone. Pick one that you enjoy, that you identify yourself with, that you don't distrust the people in charge, and that is neither shitting its pants nor overly large. This site might help you with that.

I can't recommend an app.

I'd go for stability. Smaller instances can be slow. If you want fast load times use a bigger one, like mastodon.social

Tusky is a great droid app. And I would suggest one of the big official instances. If you hate it you can transfer your account/profile to another one. Your posts don't transfer though.

Server doesn't really matter much (to me), but I'm on toot.community because I'm mentally a child and like the funny name :)

App-wise, I really enjoy Moshidon, been using the nightly version for a while now: https://github.com/LucasGGamerM/moshidon

If you like Lemmy.World, why not set up the account on Mastodon.World? It's the same admin/ops team.

I second moshidon, although I've just started using phanpy, which has some cool innovations. There is not nearly the wealth of Mastodon apps that we have here on Lemmy.

I don't know about servers but moshidon is great

Megalodon is a good client, forked from a recent version of the official Mastodon app for Android (which is a fine client in itself). Megalodon also supports some extra features that some instances opt for via a forked backend, but it's fully compatible with all instances. Here's are some good place to find instances https://mastodon.fediverse.observer/list https://fedidb.org/software/mastodon

noc.social is a small but quick server. Don’t use Android so I can’t speak to that.

And I will say that I’ve got much better engagement on Mastodon than I ever did Twitter. The people overall are kinder and more thoughtful. It’s more likely that the disrupters just aren’t there yet. Almost everyone I had followed on Twitter is on Mastodon though. May not be the same for everyone.

Tusky for client. Lots of good medium sized instances (avoid mastodon.social). I'm on mas.to for a general account and mastodon.scot for a local one (both reliable, run by the same person).

I've never even browed the local feed on the Masro server I'm on.

Just pick a non mainstream one that has been around for a bit ?

I use Fedilab, Megalodon and Rodent.

I moved from tusky to moshidon, as for a server just pick one, I use mas.to

wetdry.world (/hj)

Dunno how to answer your question BUT X-twitter was always political. It's worse now because of the upcoming elections, AND if Elon is actually going to be a part of the government it'll be a raging dumpster fire. Good luck, OP.

The benefit to finding a instance that somewhat fits your interests/ideals is that your local feed will be useful. On a huge instance it really is not.

Fedilab is a killer app I mainly use. Also as for server ur gonna have to do some digging to find one specifically tailored to your needs 😂

I'm on a local Scottish instance called glasgow.social because the admin is relaxed about free speech without allowing it to become a total cesspool. Almost got kicked off treehouse.systems before I migrated because I suggested political violence was bad - even if left wing people were doing it.

App wise I recommend just using the progressive web app (install website as app). It works very well, and you always get the latest updates.

For the server, find one that targets one of your interests.

Try Bluesky