Hexbear (if you disagree with their politics) is basically like a white american from the deep south. They’re perfectly reasonable to talk to as long as it isn’t politics

No, it’s just a big community by itself already. So while some big instances have it blocked, they have enough users to just have activity from their own instance.

Depends on the platform. I’m on iOS, where I really like Ice Cubes I’ve heard megalodon is good on android.