Auster

If anything can be salvaged, I’d suggest backing those up, and then proceeding to make a fully fresh install. That will ensure you don’t come across issues inherited from the previous blunders, and also, I think, will give you the chance to take the same steps, but wiser than before, and so able to avoid the issues you either caused or came across. (Also something I’d recommend maybe around every 1~2 years, precisely because of being able to restart but wiser)

I’m more biased against Google than against Microsoft, and as mentioned in another comment, the search engines are proxies of the respective companies, so it’s hard to give an objective opinion.

Now, what I would suggest, trying to be as neutral as possible, is to test both and see which fit your needs more. After that, use mainly the better one and keep the other as a fallback option.

Personally, if I don’t see something as good for me, I move away as soon as possible. And in cases where there’s a mix between likeable and unlikeable figures and communities, I stick around only if blocking features hide those figures from my feed. Since often communities have their own cultures, but, or some times instead, some are worse than others, it makes things more easy.

Is fighting between people supposed to be funny?