Advice to new #Mastodon users: Follow at least 200 people and you will have a far better experience. Curate those people and you’ll have an excellent experience. The engagement here is really good, but you have to put in a little work at first. Also the lack of the quote tweet function is fantastic. It lends itself to a much healthier culture. No ganging up. No toxic trolling. So far that’s been my experience. #twitterPurge
@robinbrenizer Why is the lack of the quote tweet function fantastic? I used it a lot to share with additional infos.
@robinbrenizer Any recommendations on who to follow?
@robinbrenizer That was never my experience. I often used the quote function to say things like, "What a sweet kitty," or, "This is one of my favorite paintings. I love the [what I like about it]," or "I have read this book several times. It's one of my favorites." Not being able to do that is a serious restriction.
@uppityokie @robinbrenizer Agree. It is very restricting. Quote tweeting (or quote posting) allowed one to customise and add one's own thoughts rather than just retweeting (or reposting). Must admit, I really do miss the quote tweeting function on this platform (although I really like the rest of the platform)
@SueW251161 @robinbrenizer It's easy to get used to the way things are and forget the way things used to be, as I did until a little while ago. The other site didn't always have the Quote feature. People used to do it manually by copying and pasting. I don't want to be the first one to do it here because inside I am still the little girl who's afraid of getting in trouble.
@robinbrenizer my first day here, and kind of like the beginning! Thanks for the tips — gotta find ‘my 200 people’ now. :)
@robinbrenizer Yes! I keep telling people not to be all precious with their follows--do that and you'll think no one is home!
@robinbrenizer I am trying to do that but having a hard time finding people who are different servers.
@LM_Shepard @robinbrenizer
Yes indeed the way to find new people to follow is a bit...opaque.
@LM_Shepard @robinbrenizer I don’t understand this server thing.
@robinbrenizer I am still finding my way around to see who is on here. I am kind of excited for a new platform!
@robinbrenizer makes sense to me. Followed! :)

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i don't like the extra step to retweet