Okay, so... I have a bit of an announcement.

I've created a website for FediFollows which has all the accounts I've ever recommended (that are still working!) organised into nice topics and tags:

โžก๏ธ https://fedi.directory

You can browse the main directory or the top 100 tags page. (Also considering adding an "all tags" page, if there's demand.)

Please let me know what you think! Any feedback very welcome ๐Ÿ™

(This is why I haven't posted in a few days! ๐Ÿ˜… )

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p.s. If you get an error message when visiting the site, try reloading it.

It sometimes produces error messages if lots of people visit it at once.

If there are error messages a lot of the time let me know, might have to upgrade the hosting plan... ๐Ÿค”

@FediFollows Is there a way to be removed from the list?

@kemonine

Yes, just contact me.

I tend to only add accounts that are aimed at the general public.

The accounts I list usually focus on specific topics, rather than being general personal accounts. I'm trying to boost projects that are looking for visibility.

There's already two brilliant directories for general personal accounts at Trunk and Fediverse.info, and there are links to both on front page of Fedi.Directory.

@FediFollows can you at least make it clear you /can/ be removed and the how?

@kemonine

Sure, I'll do that now.

However, I've been doing this for over two years (through the old list) and never had a single account ask to be removed.

If I think an account might not want to be listed (for example because it's locked), I DM them in advance and ask permission. Some accounts have never been listed because of this process.

@FediFollows this would be good to know too ๐Ÿ˜‰

(i jumped when i saw this and knowing the above would have made me not finch)

@kemonine

I've rewritten the "Help" page, hopefully this is better now?

https://fedi.directory/how-to-use-this-site/

@FediFollows ๐Ÿ˜Ž

thank you, thats what i would be looking for on a help page ๐Ÿ‘๏ธ
@FediFollows This is exactly what I was looking for to put into a guide for new people on my server. The blank screen and who to follow is one of the main impediments to adoption with new users.

@karl

Yes! That's great to hear, that's exactly the idea of the site! ๐Ÿ‘

@FediFollows and thank for the collection. Found many new accounts to follow ๐Ÿ‘
@FediFollows
I think is perfect. Thanks
@FediFollows
There's no running in hobbies ๐Ÿ˜”๐Ÿ˜ƒ

@farristorre

There's a general lack of sport and exercise accounts on the Fedi right now... ๐Ÿ˜”

If someone wants to start an account about running I'd be glad to give them a shoutout :)

@FediFollows great idea and directory
@FediFollows There is no #streetart in your list!!? ๐Ÿค”๐Ÿ˜ถ๐Ÿ˜ฅ๐Ÿ˜ฉ๐Ÿ˜ญ

@AmiW

There is a tag for it, I hadn't added it to the main list yet and it wasn't popular enough to get on the top 100:

https://fedi.directory/tag/murals-and-street-art/

I'll take a look at your account! ๐Ÿ˜€

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@FediFollows fantastic resource, thank you!

@FediFollows Well done! ๐Ÿ’ช โค๏ธ

Damn, this was a lot of work 

@stux

Thanks :)

Hahahah, yes, um... I didn't realise how long it would take to sort through all the old posts! ๐Ÿ˜…

@FediFollows this is excellent work and you are awesome!
@FediFollows
Wow! Now that is some impressive piece of work. Awesome.

@FediFollows And now immortalized in the Internet Archive forever ๐Ÿ˜€

https://web.archive.org/web/20221026183532/https://fedi.directory/

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@FediFollows the "Game Development" category under Games just links directly to godotengine? 

@brook

Thanks for that! Fixed it ๐Ÿ‘

No idea what happened there... ๐Ÿ˜ณ

@FediFollows Just what I was looking for. Thanks for your efforts!
@FediFollows For the Polish-language accounts ๐Ÿ‡ต๐Ÿ‡ฑ (here:https://fedi.directory/other-languages/), it's worth to list at least:
โœ… @nomadbynature - traveing around the world, photos and trivia from various countries
โœ… @arkadiusz - a hobbyist photographer with his always growing portfolio
โœ… @icd - a well known Polish initiative on privacy and more control over technology from consumers'/users' perspective
โœ… @otwartezrodlo - organic farm in Eastern Poland, posts about food, countryside, plants, gardening and farming
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@FediFollows Wow, that is so cool, thanks! Is there a way you could aggregate/link data from people's profiles into your list, so that one could see profile pic, person's "bio" and last post (for example)? Could help user to find someone to follow more quickly ๐Ÿ™‚

@jorgeew

It's a fair point yes. The posts on this account normally have links and sometimes attached images.

I tried to keep things as simple as possible on the website, but maybe should bring back some of the detail of the account posts?

@FediFollows You've put already so much work into this and the web is great. If you dont mind to invest in enhancing, some profile info auto gathering would be nice. Bio and few posts seem to me useful :-)
@FediFollows That's really helpful i myself was browsing through @FediFollows old toots to find people in the tech category but now it's more easier Thanks ๐Ÿ˜ƒ
@FediFollows great job, that looks really interesting!
@FediFollows wonderful! Could you also add Classical Music please? That would be awesome!

@FediFollows hello, I really welcome this page from yours https://fedi.directory/tag/foss. Thank you very much.

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@FediFollows Great stuff. Is there much overlap between what you do and what the Trunk folks do?

https://communitywiki.org/trunk

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@FediFollows This is fantastic! Can I recommend the following under Science & Humanities: Asian Studies, Middle-Eastern Studies, Information Science, Digital Humanities. This maybe for the category Society: GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums). And for music - pls add post-punk/goth/industrial. Thank you!
@FediFollows Thanks a lot ! I was looking for something exactly like this
@FediFollows
I didn't see #Librarians or #libraries on the list, and our community on here is definitely in a growth period! ๐Ÿ˜Š
@FediFollows Thanks a million for including my podcast!