PhilmoskNov 16, 2022
Ailantd Sikowsky🔻

Now that I have learnt that boosting from other servers are not show in the local timeline, and proper quotation is also disabled indulge me to enhance discoverability by recommending locals some artist's accounts to follow from other servers in no particular order or style:

@[email protected] @SubversiveGirl @chrislewislee @apolloniasaintclair @lizbeth490021 @FredGambino @GrahamTG @calumalexanderwatt @mustapipa @TomFowler @alexneonakis @inkenart @cobalth @Yannboyer @Karl_Poyzer

Nov 16, 2022 at 11:55amWeb
Show threadRob TurpinNov 16, 2022
@Ailantd Cheers fella. Lovely company to be in. Despite the clunkiness and learning curve, I am enjoying Mastodon. A different experience to Twitter, but that's no bad thing.
Show threadAilantd Sikowsky🔻Nov 16, 2022

@thisnorthernboy

Indeed.

But apparently the boosting help to discoverability is very limited, sadly.
Which is sad.
I have been boosting my posts from my social account to try to bypass the .art mute, just to learn that it has been for nothing XD

Show threadFaith FredericksonNov 16, 2022
@Ailantd @thisnorthernboy I feel that with the federated system, a server should be able to choose if they can be boosted or not.
Show threadRob TurpinNov 16, 2022
@Ailantd Yeah that's far from ideal. I'll admit it's not something I've looked in to much. Sticking with this server and the one account. It's about as much as I can cope with!
Show threadpoetasterNov 16, 2022
@thisnorthernboy a little patience and faith in word of mouth.
Show threadRob TurpinNov 16, 2022
@poetaster That's definitely how I'm approaching it. And to be fair, I think engagement has been pretty good so far.
Show threadpoetasterNov 16, 2022
@thisnorthernboy you guys are so talented you'll wind up on instances dedicated to @knitting.place ;-)
Show threadpoetasterNov 16, 2022
@Ailantd im seeing this on home. Previous work, i boost. My followers see this on there home, etc. I don't want to see all boosts from all instances local. It would make local useless. Thanks for sharing your work.
Show thread...hukka.Nov 16, 2022

@Ailantd - No, not for nothing. We, your followers, saw them.

+ @thisnorthernboy

Show threadAilantd Sikowsky🔻Nov 16, 2022

@vattuvarg @thisnorthernboy

Nobody follows my second account there. I was doing it thinking that boosts were show up in the social local timeline, which is not the case.

I'm sure there's been a lot of thought about that, but In general I think that behaviour hinders discoverability and isolates locals timelines a bit too much.

Show thread...hukka.Nov 16, 2022

@Ailantd - I think the current policies are chosen for minimizing strain on small instances. Those policies might change with future hardware performance.

Personally I think of accounts as persona. This account is my private one. The other account is more or less my mastodon equivalent to a gmail junk collector. ...except for one thing. The love of my life refuses to switch to my smaller private account.

@thisnorthernboy

Show threadAilantd Sikowsky🔻Nov 16, 2022
@vattuvarg @thisnorthernboy I was using the second one, that I had previously, to try to bypass a bit the mute on social and have some reach there, only. But to no avail apparently.
Show thread...hukka.Nov 16, 2022

@Ailantd - Mastodon.social is a special case in my opinion. It's like a testbed with the devs sitting in the sand of it. It is both a real instance and not. Keeping it separate is both good and bad. That is one of the parameters to experiment with. One that is missing on other social media.

+ @thisnorthernboy

Show threadAilantd Sikowsky🔻Nov 16, 2022
@vattuvarg @thisnorthernboy Could be, but being the case that other instances posts doesn't even can appear in the local timeline, I think is safe enough to let the federal get a bit "dirty" to avoid isolation. Different points of view I guess.
Show thread...hukka.Nov 16, 2022

@Ailantd - You forget your own importance. You allow us followers to bridge that policy decision. I discovered @thisnorthernboy through your postings.

I could do the same work you are doing if I wasn't an introvert monster. 😉

Show threadFred GambinoNov 16, 2022
@thisnorthernboy @Ailantd
it’s all over my head :)
Show threadRob TurpinNov 16, 2022
@FredGambino Me too Fred. I just post here, and don't worry about the rest.
Show threadChris Lewis LeeNov 16, 2022
@Ailantd @thisnorthernboy @SubversiveGirl @apolloniasaintclair @lizbeth490021 @FredGambino @GrahamTG @calumalexanderwatt @mustapipa @TomFowler @alexneonakis @inkenart @cobalth @Yannboyer @Karl_Poyzer thanks for adding me to the list, and all these recommendations!
Show threadFred GambinoNov 16, 2022
@Ailantd @thisnorthernboy @SubversiveGirl @chrislewislee @apolloniasaintclair @lizbeth490021 @GrahamTG @calumalexanderwatt @mustapipa @TomFowler @alexneonakis @inkenart @cobalth @Yannboyer @Karl_Poyzer Thanks for that shout out Ailantd, much appreciated.
Show threadagusis010Nov 16, 2022
@Ailantd @SubversiveGirl @chrislewislee @apolloniasaintclair @lizbeth490021 @FredGambino @GrahamTG @calumalexanderwatt @mustapipa @TomFowler @alexneonakis @inkenart @cobalth @Yannboyer @Karl_Poyzer thanks for sharing!
Show threadSubversiveGirlNov 16, 2022
@Ailantd Good to know. Thank you so much for sharing!! ❤️
Show threadPaul  🐧Nov 17, 2022
@Ailantd @thisnorthernboy @SubversiveGirl @chrislewislee @apolloniasaintclair @lizbeth490021 @FredGambino @GrahamTG @calumalexanderwatt @mustapipa @TomFowler @alexneonakis @inkenart @cobalth @Yannboyer @Karl_Poyzer thank you for this amazing source of art