ysvIn my opinion, criticisms of mastodon being unusable by the general public are over blown.
Dewi Ioan@codehag one more step than some... apparently having to pick a server is too much for some people?
Maureen
Giselle's very old account@MaureenNYCNJ
It takes a bit of time. If you want any help/specific questions answered, let me know. I'm happy to help.
It takes a bit of time. If you want any help/specific questions answered, let me know. I'm happy to help.
@Giagia Thanks, Giselle, I'm not even sure what to ask yet. I'm looking for Twitter but not Twitter. Simple ways to follow columnists, pols, literary & music folk. I barely know what a server is & it seems there's one for every item one I'm interested in.
@MaureenNYCNJ No worries at all! Just ask whenever you want.
Searching is easiest by hashtag (there's no text search), you can see the posts of everyone that your server is connected with: thousands of servers. They can all talk to each other (except some servers get defederated [cut off] if full of trolls, neo nazis, etc).
My best tip is to look at the replies about a subject you like to find more people to follow. And look at the profiles they follow.
Best wishes!
Searching is easiest by hashtag (there's no text search), you can see the posts of everyone that your server is connected with: thousands of servers. They can all talk to each other (except some servers get defederated [cut off] if full of trolls, neo nazis, etc).
My best tip is to look at the replies about a subject you like to find more people to follow. And look at the profiles they follow.
Best wishes!