One piece of advice for people new to #mastodon: follow capriciously. People are interesting! You lose nothing by following anyone who posts something you like. And then: unfollow just as quickly. Seriously. Nobody cares. You are creating a stream of things you're giving your attention to. You don't owe anyone your attention.
Follow fast, unfollow faster. Make this place a place you wanna be.
@fraying āunfollow fasterā is an incredibly important piece of the puzzle. I followed a few too many accounts in the past week and before I knew it was feeling overwhelmedāI did a lot of cleanup today and things are much better.
Iāve also found disabling boosts helps me hear from people Iām interested in but donāt quite want the āfullā experience from ā itās another great tool to curate your timeline!
@tswan Yeah. It's funny how, even after all these years, people are STILL so scared of unfollowing. They don't want to hurt anyone's feelings.
I also turned off boosts. To me, they just feel like ads. I wish Masto wasn't so stubbornly opposed to QTs - they're just boosts with added context. I want to know WHY someone I followed boosted that post.
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