I never noticed any politricks while using it :-)

I remember Mastodon [1] was this free, open source social media network for micro blogging, which was against censorship and centralisation. Slowly but surely, the politics of the people developing the system became clear. They actively banned Gab [2], an otherwise compatible network, on the basis of politics.

I am extremely hesitant to get involved in these "with us or against us" projects.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon_(social_network)

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gab_(social_network)