Dunno how to answer your question BUT X-twitter was always political. It’s worse now because of the upcoming elections, AND if Elon is actually going to be a part of the government it’ll be a raging dumpster fire. Good luck, OP.

Define ‘weird political shit’. Because Mastodon is also full of weird political shit. The election years are unbearable.

I’d go for stability. Smaller instances can be slow. If you want fast load times use a bigger one, like mastodon.social