Goodbluevia CNN
With Twitter in chaos, Mastodon is on fire
https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/05/tech/mastodon
#news #mastadon #TwitterMigration
Aswin@goodblue About time they started covering Mastodon!
@aswin It's weird. I came across the article somewhere else but couldn't find it on CNN's website. Had to hunt for it. Not even on their business page. Maybe they're just slow to update on a Saturday. 🤷
@goodblue Yeah, that’s strange. Also wonder why it’s under CNN Business and under Tech. The Twitter dumpster fire is probably the biggest and most discussed issue now, so not sure why it’s not on their main page
PCEngine🕹🥷@goodblue I’ve seen few more articles saying this is the best alternative with way less negativity. It does take a bit to get used to new jargon. #TwitterMigration
@PCEngine I set up accounts on here, Coso, and Tribel simultaneously. Been posting on all three. Mastadon is the one taking off. No question about it. Lots of angry people on Tribel.
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Seth@goodblue
"And while you can follow any other Mastodon user, no matter which server they’ve signed up with, you can only see the lists of who follows your Mastodon friends, or who your Mastodon friends follow, if the followers happen to belong to the same server you’re signed up with (I realized this while trying to track down more people I know who recently signed up)."
Is this true? It seemed to me that you have to authorize to follow someone on a new server, but maybe that's all?
Roh Ash@goodblue @rohash
Yes that works too. I think the CNN article might be inaccurate in that place. I've followed people on other servers successfully, but sometimes it a one-step process and other times I have to search for the full name. My thought is that the first time you follow someone on a new server, it requires extra steps. On my feed, it's well federated tho.
Yes that works too. I think the CNN article might be inaccurate in that place. I've followed people on other servers successfully, but sometimes it a one-step process and other times I have to search for the full name. My thought is that the first time you follow someone on a new server, it requires extra steps. On my feed, it's well federated tho.
@rohash @goodblue
I'm not yet convinced it makes any difference to be on big server. Plenty of long time people on #mastodon say small servers are fine. I'm on a small server, and I'm thinking it only impacts making the initial follow to another server. Once that connection is made, it's more federated (I think).
I'm not yet convinced it makes any difference to be on big server. Plenty of long time people on #mastodon say small servers are fine. I'm on a small server, and I'm thinking it only impacts making the initial follow to another server. Once that connection is made, it's more federated (I think).
Mike McHargue@seth @rohash @goodblue A few ideas.
1. Go view my timeline. I boost lots of people, and welcome many others. Follow anyone that interests you.
2. Go to joinmastodon.com and look for servers with topics that interest you, or that have a lot of users. Go to those servers home pages and then follow the admin. That admin will likely boost interesting posts on that server, and as you follow people, your social graph will naturally expand into that server.
*MORE*
3. Go to search.twitter.com and run a search for "Mastodon." You'll find lots and lots of people posting links to their Mastodon profile. Follow anyone that interests you.
4. Follow absolutely anyone who gets boosted into your timeline because they said something that interests you.
That's all I've done, and I've found almost 2,000 interesting people since April.
Witchy 🏳️🌈@goodblue Wow, this is great.
Pumpkin's Dad 🎃@goodblue dumb question, what makes Mastodon better (besides not being owned by a maniacal millionaire)?
Deadly Headshot@SuperPenguin @goodblue
Plus there's the being part of the Fediverse, so I can interact with Friendica users and comment on Peertube videos and share WriteFreely posts directly from my account!
Plus there's the being part of the Fediverse, so I can interact with Friendica users and comment on Peertube videos and share WriteFreely posts directly from my account!
@dheadshot @goodblue very cool :) seems like something I'll put some time into
Roberth Castaño@goodblue Me gusta mucho lo que está pasando con esa oleada que personas vienen de Twitter, así sean el 2% de todo lo que movió al inicio.
Que Elon Musk no se crea indispensable.
smontanaro@smontanaro @slack2thefuture I think that CNN article was the first I've seen recently. Don't even recall anything on tech/science blogs or publications. This week should be interesting, though.
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Kimmeyboys@goodblue Had to get in early