> Twitter, before Elon's takeover, was a crypto-obsessed political echo chamber.

Pretending a platform as large as twitter was/is "one thing" is silly. It may have been that for you, it was not that for many.

> Platforms like Mastodon are great, as long as you don't rely on likes and reposts for dopamine.

As long as you're willing to post to no one, sure.