Is it better than Twitter?
You'll have to decide that for yourself, of course, but advocates say there are two major benefits over Twitter - a timeline that isn't reordered by algorithms like on Twitter and a decentralised network that isn't controlled by one company.
"Your home feed should be filled with what matters to you most, not what a corporation thinks you should see," reads the mission statement on the Mastodon page.
https://www.rawstory.com/from-tweeting-to-tooting-the-switch-from-twitter-to-mastodon/