Jdaddy3Dec 3, 2022
Mr Spock 🖖
There are people on this platform who want no politics.
We didn’t move over from Twitter to talk about kittens everyday.
We needed a place to carry on our work. To carry on fighting injustice, racism, misogyny, antisemitism and anti-LGBTQ hate. Because these things are important no matter what platform we are using. That was the whole point of our #twittermigration
We don’t have the privilege to be quiet.
Dec 2, 2022 at 7:34pmMetatext
Show threadChristine DantzDec 2, 2022
@SpockResists I keep trying with Mastodon. But I can't get any traction here :(
Show threadMr Spock 🖖Dec 2, 2022
@ChristineDantz Just keep engaging Christine. Always remember that every single voice is important. Your voice here is important. Find accounts you want to follow and reply to them. It’s the same as Twitter in that the more you engage, the more traction you will see my friend. 🖖🖖🖐🖖🖐
Show threadChristine DantzDec 2, 2022
@SpockResists Thank you. I spent years building my profile on Twitter, just for the #ChefTwit to destroy it :( #DemocracyMatters #NoNazisHere
Show threadMr Spock 🖖Dec 2, 2022
@ChristineDantz We all did. My account on Twitter is very well known. But it wasn’t at first. I had to build the account in the first place. I’m enjoying doing that again. It’s nice. 🖖🖖🖖❤️
Show threadPandaChronicle ResistsDec 2, 2022
@SpockResists @ChristineDantz It is nice. Rebuilding can also be expanding, reaching people I never saw before, whether they were on the fowl site or not. You meet more fish in a smaller pond.
Show threadMr Spock 🖖Dec 2, 2022
@PandaChronicle @ChristineDantz fowl site. Excellent
Show threadFrench TexPatDec 2, 2022
@PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz exactly, lots of diverse voices I am truly enjoying
Show threadVishwas GaitondeDec 3, 2022
@TinCanWin @PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz That is so. There are many interesting people here.
Show threadGoNancyGoDec 3, 2022
@TinCanWin @PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz It was Tris and Pippi that mentioned pinned intros yesterday, and I did one today. Immediately got a few connections I never would have met. It was fun and worth a try.
Show threadFrench TexPatDec 3, 2022
@ncw413 @PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz good on you! - Mahm (aka, Sue)
Show threadLaura KosloffDec 2, 2022

@PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz Oh I love "fowl site." Best non-naming of that place yet.

More importantly -- what the others are saying, I second (or third?) the motion. I have found people I don't think I ever would have found in the other place, people in different countries, who share one or another interest. I have seen more engagement and had more interesting conversations. It takes time and some effort, yes. But it's worth the investment.

Show threadIdaDec 3, 2022
@legallaurak @PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz I agree. I found myself stuck in an objectionable rut! There’s an enjoyable variety here.
Show threadThe Spoonless KitchenDec 3, 2022

@legallaurak @PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz This has also been my experience. The Mastodon experience is what I signed up to the other website expecting.

It took 3 years of my account
constantly being false-reported, and consequently censored (because I kept fighting the lethal disinformation over there) to find this website and to find what I wanted in the first place, when I signed up to the other website.

Show threadChristine DantzDec 3, 2022
@thespoonless @legallaurak @PandaChronicle @SpockResists I used my Twitter to try and connect with the #cannabis community as a writer. But I couldn't stay out of the disinformation and political fights because they're too damn important for our future. I won't stop the fight, I just would like it to be fair. The manchild on Twitter won't allow that; there's nothing left to fight for.
Show threadThe Spoonless KitchenDec 3, 2022

@ChristineDantz @legallaurak @PandaChronicle @SpockResists Oh, it was never fair; never ever ever fair; even as far back as 2021, it was never fair.

I went hard, at the disinfo on there, and I got smacked back hard, constantly, as a result (and my posts are still being delisted from the algorithm).

My receipts:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Qult_Headquarters/comments/yl4nwe/comment/iuwnm83/

I would say that being here kind of proves there's something left to fight for...and we're doing it the only way we can.

Here is a prime example of a Russian bot account. Twitter is full of these and they need to be mass reported. Reverse search the profile picture.

The only problem with this is, when you try to report any of these foreign state bad actor accounts, you will be "Rate limit exceeded" and...

reddit
Show threadaka60643Dec 3, 2022
@PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz That's been my experience so far.
Show threadcjsims3000Dec 3, 2022
@PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz Agree re meeting more people in the smaller pond.
Show threadStormcrowDec 3, 2022
@PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz I'm using this as an opportunity to engage in a different way. I burned through 6 accounts on twitter, one of them fairly large, and don't want to keep repeating that pattern. I hate being shushed for talking about uncomfortable issues, but it's also nice to not have maga/nazis/bots to contend with.
Show threadChristine DantzDec 3, 2022
@TheStormcrow @PandaChronicle @SpockResists I lost a Facebook account with over 12 years of memories, including many with people who are no longer with us a little over a year ago. They never even told me why or gave me a chance. I was never suspended on FB or given more than a single warning. That gutted me.
Show threadJSADec 3, 2022
@ChristineDantz @TheStormcrow @PandaChronicle @SpockResists
That's awful! I'm sorry that happened to you.
Show threadJSADec 3, 2022
@TheStormcrow @PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz I had a similar experience over there, but never had a very large account. I felt I needed to stay more anonymous over there because of all the trolls. I'm hoping I can be more authentic here....
Show threadManicJackDec 3, 2022
@PandaChronicle @SpockResists @ChristineDantz I can neither confirm nor deny I will or won't be stealing the "Fowl App" pun
Show threadKansas GrantDec 2, 2022
@SpockResists @ChristineDantz Although your bird account was far bigger than mine, I'm having the same fun rebuilding here. I've already run into lots of interesting folks who I never met over there (I think.)
Show threadDAPDec 2, 2022
@ChristineDantz I started the day following @SpockResists and now I'm adding you to that list as well. I'm looking forward to your posts.
Show threadMade In CanadaDec 3, 2022
@SpockResists @ChristineDantz
Show threadMade In CanadaDec 3, 2022
@SpockResists @ChristineDantz imagine building all of that for absolutely nothing and then assuming everybody must let you build things for free. Does it sound pretty childish to you? Me too!
Show threadJackie SDec 2, 2022

@ChristineDantz @[email protected]
lt took me 13 yrs to gain 2500 followers & I was proud of that (I only broke 1k at the start of last year!), but like most of us, I’m starting over. 🤷🏼‍♀️

One of my first #Mastodon #toots (on another server) was that I hope it doesn’t take another 13 yrs to gain 2500 followers! 😂

Show threadFrench TexPatDec 2, 2022
@KaysGramma @ChristineDantz the question is: why focus on followers? Here, focus on interactions. 🥰
Show threadChristine DantzDec 2, 2022
@TinCanWin @KaysGramma Because I figure you need multiple people in your feed to see things in your feed ...
Show threadLacesDec 2, 2022
@ChristineDantz @TinCanWin @KaysGramma Newbie myself but I've been using the hashtag button to search and following those I recognize or like what they say. My feed is getting a little better. I was only on Twitter the last 3 years and only 2000 followers, so maybe my feed there wasn't great either. 🤷
Show threadFrench TexPatDec 2, 2022
@Laces @ChristineDantz @KaysGramma the algorithm there messed us up. I'd get lots of notices from a group, then not see their posts ever again unless I hunted for them.
Show threadcjsims3000Dec 3, 2022
@TinCanWin @Laces @ChristineDantz @KaysGramma I have never focused on followers rather quality of conversation on any platform.
Show threadPatty KimuraDec 2, 2022
@ChristineDantz @TinCanWin @KaysGramma The more people you follow the more your feed builds. I think I read the threshold is at 200, and then your timeline fills up. It's oddly not the number who follow you that makes for an engaged experience, but the numbers you follow. Best wishes.
Show threadSunny Willow 🌞Dec 3, 2022

@ChristineDantz @TinCanWin @KaysGramma

Follow hashtags of things you are interested in and you can meet people posting about those topics. Plus it helps fill up your timeline with cool posts. Just beware if you follow #CatsOfMastodon your timeline will be like 50% cats. 😂

Show thread@Lee_in_IowaDec 3, 2022
@sunnywillow @ChristineDantz @TinCanWin @KaysGramma Actually, your timeline will be 50% cats every Saturday no matter what you do.
Show threadSunny Willow 🌞Dec 3, 2022

@Lee_in_Iowa @ChristineDantz @TinCanWin @KaysGramma

#Caturday 😂

Show threadJackie SDec 3, 2022

@sunnywillow @Lee_in_Iowa @ChristineDantz @TinCanWin
Posted 2 days with several hashtags that interest me
Not a single reply or re-toot (except of my own) 😕
Hashtags only work if you have followers that see them

https://mastodon.world/@KaysGramma/109434286341881434

Jackie S (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Good afternoon Kris! Pleased to meet you! My interests & hobbies include: #Gymnastics #Olympics #Streaming #TV #Movies #Politics #Democracy #Fashion #Handbags

Mastodon
Show threadSunny Willow 🌞Dec 3, 2022

@KaysGramma @Lee_in_Iowa @ChristineDantz @TinCanWin

A few suggestions. Make an #introduction tweet and list a bunch of things you are interested in with hashtags ex. #Books #photography whatever you like and then pin it on your timeline so it's the first post people see if they look at your account.

Follow hashtags. Search it and click follow icon. Then others who post with that hashtag will show up on your home timeline.

Follow lots of people. Good luck. 🙂

Show threadJackie SDec 3, 2022

@sunnywillow @Lee_in_Iowa @ChristineDantz @TinCanWin
You mean like this?

https://mastodon.world/@KaysGramma/109434286341881434

Jackie S (@[email protected])

@[email protected] Good afternoon Kris! Pleased to meet you! My interests & hobbies include: #Gymnastics #Olympics #Streaming #TV #Movies #Politics #Democracy #Fashion #Handbags

Mastodon
Show threadSunny Willow 🌞Dec 3, 2022

@KaysGramma @Lee_in_Iowa @ChristineDantz @TinCanWin

Yep. 🙂

Show threadJackie SDec 3, 2022
@sunnywillow @Lee_in_Iowa @ChristineDantz @TinCanWin
Pinned posts don’t do much good when you can only see them when using the desktop version 😕. It could explain why the only engagement with that comment is my own re-toot
Show threadFrench TexPatDec 3, 2022
@KaysGramma @sunnywillow @Lee_in_Iowa @ChristineDantz nice! Welcome!
Show threadFrench TexPatDec 3, 2022
@Lee_in_Iowa @sunnywillow @ChristineDantz @KaysGramma I'd wager 50% every day, and 75% on Saturday...😸
Show threadChristine DantzDec 3, 2022
@TinCanWin @Lee_in_Iowa @sunnywillow @KaysGramma I find nothing wrong with that! Although I'd love some of my animal sanctuaries and zoos from Facebook here ... I have to find #AltYellowstoneNatPar ...
Show threadkim@minaforestDec 3, 2022
@sunnywillow @ChristineDantz @TinCanWin @KaysGramma I love kitties 😍so that works for me 😁🙂
Show threadKaori 🍉 🇵🇸 ☮️Dec 3, 2022
@sunnywillow That's what is happening to me since the second day of Mastodon 😆
Show threadKaroliDec 3, 2022
@KaysGramma @ChristineDantz @TinCanWin I wrote a post about the other site 13 years ago and it still holds true. The value is on who you follow, and not the other way around. And you’ll find that if you follow interesting people, interesting people follow you. :)
Show threadFrench TexPatDec 3, 2022
@karoli @KaysGramma @ChristineDantz yes!!🥰
Show threadJackie SDec 2, 2022
@TinCanWin @ChristineDantz
Without followers you’re talking to yourself, unless you’re suggesting to just focus on replies, which just promotes other people’s content & not your own
As someone who rejected the follow back parties on the blue bird (& found myself blocked by many of their leaders for referring to them as Twitter’s pyramid scheme), my focus is hardly focus on followers, but it is nice to have a circle of social media “friends”
Show threadFrench TexPatDec 2, 2022
@KaysGramma @ChristineDantz agree!!
Show threadMKSinSADec 2, 2022

@KaysGramma @TinCanWin @ChristineDantz

A very big difference here is that you can choose to see toots from most folks no matter where they're hosted. Your immediate circle is your "Home" then "Local." To see what's on the #Fediverse mind, do the world icon.

Best way to get #toots you want is to follow #hashtags you want to see more of. Also, include hashtags in your profile and you're golden.

Show threadChristine DantzDec 2, 2022
@MKSinSA @KaysGramma @TinCanWin Awesome! Thank you. #alwayslearning
Show threadFrench TexPatDec 3, 2022
@ChristineDantz @MKSinSA @KaysGramma also, use one of the apps versus the mastodon official app. Tooot and Tusky are good for Android. Not sure for iOS.
Show threadKaroliDec 3, 2022
@TinCanWin @ChristineDantz @MKSinSA @KaysGramma Metatext is excellent on IOS
Show threadSparkle TeaDec 3, 2022

@TinCanWin @ChristineDantz @KaysGramma

I view this place as promoting conversation and interaction, more than promoting one's own content without regard for context. I'm sure as people grow or import (?) followers, people will promote their ideas, work, etc. But initially, I think its strength are the interactions.

Show threadFrench TexPatDec 3, 2022
@SparkleTea @ChristineDantz @KaysGramma exactly! It is listening and engaging, not trumpeting.
Show threadJSADec 3, 2022
@TinCanWin @KaysGramma @ChristineDantz I love that!
Show threadDavid HarlanDec 2, 2022

@ChristineDantz @SpockResists

This might help. A step up from DeBirdify.

https://www.movetodon.org/

Movetodon: Finds your Twitter Friends on Mastodon