A simple technique called “POSSE” offers the best of both worlds: total control over your own work, while still maintaining a presence on third-party social media platforms.
@molly0xfff What every newspaper does.
However, it's a oneway street. You can get your word out, but #POSSE does not scale to interaction with other users.
@newstik @molly0xfff 💯. activitypub (in its platonic ideal form, not as currently implemented by masto and friends) was primarily architected to do exactly this ("BYO IDP comments section")