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Brian Klaas*Sheepish request* I'm new to Mastodon, but a lot of my former Twitter followers don't know I'm here yet. Someone suggested I could simply ask you fine people to boost me. Would you be so kind? (I promise to post a photo of my dog to say thanks). #WelcomeToMastodon
Katma@brianklaas Welcome! 👋 Happy to boost your post
Bill Dobie@brianklaas This tool is very helpful too https://mastodon.social/@Tibor/109394876821157578
ExistentialBunny@brianklaas you can recommend this to your tweeps on Twitter to find you and the rest of their follows here. Last I did it wasn’t banned on Twitter
Sensible Crone@brianklaas
OK!
But also did you try using movetodon.org/?
ezlusztig@brianklaas hello Brian!
Shelenn Ayres
The Velvet Hammer@brianklaas Welcome Brian!
Pat@brianklaas Who can resist a dog photo?!
Anne Fausto Sterling@brianklaas check this out . you can pull out followers from twitter who are also on mastodon and follow them on twitter with a little automation, Ive done it. Not that hard https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2022/12/17/how-to-join-mastodon/?utm_campaign=wp_evening_edition&utm_medium=email&utm_source=newsletter&wpisrc=nl_evening&carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F3899a20%2F639e3c08ef9bf67b2325b23d%2F59736af1ae7e8a1cf4ba13db%2F27%2F45%2F639e3c08ef9bf67b2325b23d&wp_cu=9826f176f3367712a45b334c3bf4b17b%7C2F740B3173518C7BE050007F01006B97
@faustosterling The problem is I had 265,000 followers on Twitter, so I can't follow them all!
@brianklaas aahh. you are in a different class (Klaas?) then me. but I had 9000 followers and only a few 100 of them had set up accounts here, so that tactic scooped up some and you can always unfollow once they have found you. Also, keep reminding people on twitter where you are. I use a cross posting utility which works sometimes, but I think twitter is interfering with it at times. It takes a while. Follow hashtags here and boost a lot. People notice that. But also a different set of people!
Chris Rauh@brianklaas @faustosterling post good content, have great conversations, folks will follow you. If they did on Twitter, they’ll do it here. Patience.
It probably feels weird to be part of the masses again but welcome back to the real world.
It probably feels weird to be part of the masses again but welcome back to the real world.
SJ McQuay@brianklaas
Think not that 265,000 followers on Twitter is a problem or a goal to be replicated.
Think that Mastodon is new and an opportunity to engage. If you toot engaging content, then you surely will get boosts, mentions and follows.
Welcome!
Think not that 265,000 followers on Twitter is a problem or a goal to be replicated.
Think that Mastodon is new and an opportunity to engage. If you toot engaging content, then you surely will get boosts, mentions and follows.
Welcome!
Debbie Wade
Captain Obvious #ExiTT@brianklaas try this https://www.movetodon.org/
SluggerOToole@brianklaas 😂I'm the very same Brian. Sine died from twitter
Steve Umstead@brianklaas Welcome! Just make sure to say hello back to folks; Mastodon is much more conversation and engagement vs the one way post and move on of the birdsite. You'll get a lot more out of it!
@steveumstead Definitely planning to!
Liz Loveland@brianklaas In my opinion the best initial way to try to let people know you're here (both old follows and new-to-you ones) is to post an introduction with lots of hashtags of what you like to post about (and also put a hashtag on the word "introduction") and then pin the post to your profile. People will boost it at the time you write it and then some people who find it pinned later will also boost it.
Tim J@brianklaas I've boosted, but if you don't already know, Debirdify (https://pruvisto.org/debirdify/) lets you check for Twitter followers who are on Mastodon, not just people who you followed, which might be useful. (I'm not sure whether Fedifinder and Movetodon also do that.)
@Lee_in_Iowa@brianklaas Oh, hey, Brian! Glad to see you. I landed here a month ago and made a project of finding my Twitter peeps who were here. So my first bunch of Following people are some you might recognize. And the recent influx, after #BloodyThursday, led me to follow more twitter refugees you’ll recognize. Welcome to sanity!
Melmo
Nicholas Wright@brianklaas Welcome to Mastodon, Brian!
Bellison22@brianklaas this is an Excellent way to dip into the pool.
Refreshing to not see a ranting barrage of twisted twitter tales as a lead in. 👍👍👍
KarynDocDone and welcome! Also followed you here.
Misskhaosland@brianklaas Only because of Zorro!
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Quaere Everything@brianklaas welcome! Glad you’re here.
Peter Krowiak@brianklaas I imagine you've tried services like movetodon.org and debirdify.pruvisto.org ? But, if not, could be helpful recouping some of your old followers! Good luck and welcome!
Lorraine Sommerfeld@brianklaas Dog first.
Woke in PDX Fella@brianklaas Glad you are exploring alternatives to twitter now that it's being run by a far right creep. I did not follow you there, but am looking forward to reading your posts here. #TwitterMigration
🏳️🌈 Lucy Wildboots 
MikeZilla Minus One@brianklaas I’ll follow ya
Miro Collas
My Little Ponfarr@brianklaas boosted. Now, where's the dog? 😉
@BongoMcnulty I need to let the suspense build for a bit
@brianklaas weeeeellll, okay, but I'm only here for the pups ;)
Welcome, BTW!
SassyPunk@brianklaas as the most popular user on this platform I’m happy to help
Dr. Annemieke van den Dool 杜蜜珂@brianklaas Welcome to Mastodon!
Smerks1109@brianklaas Welcome! Haven’t been here long, but I’m a calmer person now. Whew.
Made in DNA@brianklaas I dunno... ;) Also, don't forget to make an #introduction post and pin it to your profile. All the best!
Anne Fisher@brianklaas
Welcome!
Be sure to add your Mastodon account address to your Bird profile. Some folks are finding they're unable to tweet it anymore, they get their accounts suspended. (I got flagged for it, myself, after successfully tweeting it several times.) But it's allowed in profiles.
Don't delete your account. Leave it there as a place setting, so no one else can use your handle in the future.
On Fridays, "toot" out the hashtags #FollowFriday and #FollowBackFriday . That helps a lot.
Līga@brianklaas following is where it's at. That way you'll get more server coverage
Balr0g@brianklaas
Boosted and followed... and on Twitter.
Boosted and followed... and on Twitter.
Cate@brianklaas Happy to give you a boost.
Gaythia Weis@brianklaas Check out some hashtags in your areas of interest and see who you can find. Then put up an introduction with your hashtags and see who finds you.
Jackie Gardina
josie 🏳️⚧️
Yet Water Was 
@brianklaas I'll boost you, if you'll tell me your thoughts on this quote by Frank Herbert:
"It isn't that power corrupts, but that power attracts the corruptible."
Pippi & ObiJuan Pups@brianklaas new follower here, welcome!!
Saren@brianklaas Welcome! Glad to see you here. Your book Corruptible was one of the best nonfiction books I read last year.
Don Melton@brianklaas Done. It's nice to meet you. 👋
Lara@brianklaas I expect a dog picture. Lol
Janan Broadbent@brianklaas Just did! Glad I found you.
Laura Kosloff@brianklaas Dog photos are as welcome as lemur pics ... this neighborhood likes dogs and cats (and now lemurs...). There are a ton of dog hashtags, too, of course ... once you start looking, you'll find there's quite a bit of fun to be had here in addition to serious conversation.
Nonya Bidniss 🥥🌴@brianklaas Glad you're here.
Leta McCollough Seletzky@brianklaas nice to see you here!
Olav
Rabid WVU Fan