Ok, #TwitterMigration folks, I see a lot of people asking, "How do I find people on other servers on #Mastodon or the #fediverse.
Well, here's my #Feditip of how I went from 1 person alone on robot.rodeo to having almost 2,000 interesting people to follow in about 8 months...
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1. 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.
2. 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.
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3. Follow absolutely anyone who gets boosted into your timeline because they said something that interests you.
4. Go check the bio and profile of people you follow. Follow the author on any interested boost. Click the hashtags in their bio. Follow interesting people there as well.
That's all I've done, and I've found almost 2,000 interesting people since April.
BUT, you can do something I couldn't...
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5. Go view my profile! I boost lots of people, and welcome many others in my timeline. Follow anyone that interests you. You can also peruse my follower/followed lists. There are so many people there!
This is more work than Twitter, I get it! But the difference here is you get to build the exact social graph you want. Some machine meant to sell advertising isn't warping or influencing what you do.
The extra work has been well worth it to me. I love the community I have found here.
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Hi @mike Thank you for this. I’ve just arrived and I’m finding everyone’s tips very helpful.
For some people, I can see everyone they follow. For others (including you) I can only see those who are using the same Instance as me. Is there something I can do to see everyone or is that a setting you’ve chosen?
@markgpritchard You need to view their original profile on their instance, not the profile that is copied to yours. You can view my full profile here:
1.11K Posts, 1.72K Following, 1.97K Followers · I work at Quantum Spin Studios building worlds and writing stories. I'm a bestselling author, and science advisor and worldbuilder for stuff you may have seen (like Marvel films). I'm here to meet new people and talk about nerdy stuff like #science #videogames #ttrpg #screenwriting #writing #scifi #fantasy #worldbuilding. I am #autistic and #bipolar. Also into advocacy around #climate #disability #antiracisim #lgbtqia #feminism Reclaiming being a person after being a brand. #fedi22
@markgpritchard If you click "follow" on a profile, it will ask you to create an account there OR you can copy a link to that profile.
If you paste that link into the search bar on your instance, you can direct follow in the search result.
Very clunky, so I only do it on a computer, not a phone or tablet. But, I am quite fast at it. :)
Mike McHargue
Mark Pritchard
David J. Atkinson