Yeah it's largely that people who are used to dogs just aren't used to cat behaviour. Cats definitely do show affection but aren't dependent on you the way a dog is.
i'm totally fine with brands and celebrities having their own social media tbh. i'm honestly quite glad threads has made it clear what their desired userbase is.
the best thing is for people like me who just used instagram to lurk it works really well with mastodon or calckey. just follow whoever you like and it'll show up in your feed no problem
!lemmyscareyou@lemmy.world there's not a lot of content there right now but what's there is good. i actually responded to a writing prompt myself on another account which i've since deleted (moved my account from lemmy.world just for stability reasons)
Kid at school asked me what the fuck was wrong with me when I came out as bi.