Ok so. Noterook is a blogging website like tumblr, rather than yet another twitterlike, which is why I'm there and not on any of the fediverse. Noterook has a fun notebook-y theme to it- your blogs are referred to as a "book", reblogging is referred to as "stapling", and instead of liking, you can choose from a handful of different emojis and "sticker" them onto a post (putting the goose emoji on top of a post usually indicates you think it's bad). It also has HTML and CSS support in posts, so you can do a lot of really cool formatting things in posts as well as on your profile.
The biggest thing that sets it apart, though, is how it works under the hood: your book is stored locally in your internet browser, rather than on a big expensive server, and the server purely temporarily caches your posts for up to 30 days. This means server costs are extremely minimal, posts are robust because stapling a post creates a local copy of it in your own computer, and taking backups is exceedingly easy. The only concession is that there isn't any native file/image hosting, so you need to use an external image host (I use imgbb).
So! Things you'll gain by moving to Noterook:
- More posts from me because I post more there at this point (important)
- The ability to post NSFW as long as you tag it appropriately
- Much less draconian moderation - as long as it isn't straight up illegal, and you tag it accordingly, it's fine
- HTML and CSS in posts, for much more fun formatting and even slight interactivity (somebody made minesweeper? Also there's animations being done with CSS somehow??)
- More confidence that the website won't be forced to enshittify in hopes of more money, because the server costs won't be an infinitely expanding money pit for all the hard drives
- The horrifically transphobic and racist moderation team. If you like that feature of tumblr, you won't like noterook
- DMs and comments on posts. At the moment you can send asks or add to a post, but nothing else
- Tumblr TV or tumblr communities. I know I've never used these
- The "for you" page. Noterook has absolutely no suggestion algorithm at all.
- Drafts and a post queue. Unfortunately these features don't currently exist, though they would be handy
- Turning off reblogs or fully deleting a post. Because stapling a post creates a local copy, if I delete a post, any staples (reblogs) will still exist. There is no option to disable reblogs.
In conclusion come to noterook it's like if tumblr wasn't doomed to eventual bankruptcy, weird about porn and moderated by racist transphobes.