1. There are a lot of Twitter alternatives out there, and I've been experimenting with many of them
But let me put in a word for @[email protected]
I've been impressed
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@[email protected] 2. The primary gripe with Mastodon is that it is confusing.
But it really isn't.
It's a decentralized system, like email.
So you pick a server, just like you pick Gmail or Yahoo
But then you can communicate with anyone
You just need their address and you are good to go
3. And there are tools to identify which of your Twitter followers are on Mastodon.
And easy ways to import spreadsheets of many users you can follow at once
Here is a big one with hundreds of journalists: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/13No4yxY-oFrN8PigC2jBWXreFCHWwVRTftwP6HcREtA/edit#gid=1320898902
So it's relatively easy to get started
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