Ok... does Mastodon always take that long too load? That's not really viable considering the page I ended up on had essentially only textual content - like an old website from way back.

Then I read a Geocities suggestion - something from my elementary days

Discord is actually pretty cool - a walled garden but no different than the rest of the internet.

Google won't send anyone to forums or blogs/personal sites anyways, so this isn't really advice at all