Maybe it would sound cheesy, but I'm grateful for GNU Social and the people in it. I was pretty much burned out by social media and tired of the Internet, but coming to GNU Social showed a face of this vast cyberspace I hadn't seen in a long time.
My feelings about this place have not changed, it feels like a neighborhood, and even if some neighbors build walls and don't want to communicate with each other, that's fine. We don't have to agree all the time and that's what makes this place different and enjoyable.