microblogging is something used on a much more personal level while i think forum style social media is mostly for looking for answers and posting things you do, but microblogging social media sites are for that too. also, this is not meant to be offensive, but i think that since mastodon has been in the works for like a long time, it looks more polished than modern websites, so that can be an advantage it has
Individual user driven content where the focus in more on individual accounts I don’t really like. Which is why stuff like Twitter, tiktok, shorts, Instagram hasn’t strongly hooked me like forum based social media.
I prefer social media where it’s more users all fading into the background with the attention given to the theme of discussion or showcasing as opposed to more influencer based social media.