AmyHere I have maybe 10% of my following from the bird app and it’s just as active so it seems like maybe the algorithm kinda sucked
In the interest of balance the default mastodon app is pretty ugly! What’s the best third party app to use?
Krux_22@lolennui toot! imo on iPhone
Lisa@lolennui I like Toot! so far. It’s worth the small investment, IMO.
Charles Randall@lolennui Tusky on Android is decent.
BsCaBl 
@lolennui I use tusky on my phone.
ACAB for Cutie 
SweetieLC@lolennui I'm using Tusky on Android. Pretty happy with it!
avnyc on hudson@lolennui Metatext is another good option for iPhone, nicer interface than default app (though missing some of the “explore” options weirdly)
Mutterer@lolennui
Tusky. By a mile. Not perfect - the website is still best - but the app to use is Tusky.
Tusky. By a mile. Not perfect - the website is still best - but the app to use is Tusky.
Jeff@lolennui Toot and Metatext are good for iPhone. Not sure about Android. I'm using Mammoth, which is better than the other two, but it's in beta testing still which means lots of little bugs.
@lolennui One thing about Toot that may be relevant is it doesn't show you Boost and Favorite numbers, just the labels.
Icevice@lolennui tooot on Android has a few features I've been missing on other apps, like seeing followers of the account from another site
linkeurena@lolennui I’ve tried a few but I would recommend Mastoot for iOS that is available on the App Store. I’m also trying Ivory and Mammoth but you need a beta invite for those
Rairii@lolennui i don't know the "best" but i know what other people tend to recommend
iOS: metatext, toot!
android: tusky, fedilab
elle mundy
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Tobias is an ape, so are you@lolennui Tusky if you use Android.
tallship
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Dream A Little 
@lolennui I like the web interface .. but I haven't tried all the apps. I didn't like Tusky
Now with some more followers, combined with following a few dozen more accounts, it’s definitely more active than I expected
Gambit (he/him)@lolennui I was just thinking about the uptick in activity.
@lolennui The pros and cons of being entirely in control of your own feed. It's pretty great once it's up and running though!
AlanWalterExec@lolennui hello from Edinburgh
PJ "Vote Green" Coffey@lolennui
I'm sure you already know about this but using lists gives you custom timelines of only people on that list. It isn't retroactive but starts when you've put them on the list going forwards.
Also Tusky vs Tooot are two WILDLY different experiences. And neither sucks! They're just different for different purposes.
Also following # is a thing. Very listworthy.
I need to find out about groups. I bet you can do all sorts of fun stuff with that. 😀
OSCrane@Homebrewandhacking @lolennui This is lovely, I was just wondering what lists did like a minute or so ago, this is super helpful, thank you. 😀
@OSCrane @lolennui hey no worries. This isn't Twitter. I also know how QT work on here using an app, so that's pretty cool.
It's just they were used a lot to spread fascist propaganda to attack me behind blocks so I'm hoping that is a social problem of dunk culture rather than something innate to QT being bad.
Basically will people spread fash agitprop to dunk or does QT make that happen?
Daniel Howard 🌻@lolennui You aren't terrible to drive rage, so why would the algorithm promote you?
I'm glad you're here.
drewtoothpaste.bsky.social@lolennui i agree and also think that a significant portion of > 2 year old twit followers are dormant now
Wayne Dixon@lolennui I have about the same percentage of followers, and I think it’s more active here than on the other site, and that’s even taking into account @donmelton’s boosting of stuff.
@lolennui I have found a lot of new and interesting people here that I didn't follow on Twitter 💓
MedTwitter Expat@lolennui big facts, the condos on here are also much more lively
Eric Stoveken@lolennui Ah, but how many paid ads do you lay your precious precious eyeballs on? After all, that was the only measure of the algorithm that they would care about, even Pre-buyout.
Peter Pan@lolennui I tried Pinafore on desktop and liked it. Only problem was that you need to refresh the page to get new toots to load.
@lolennui Same experience here. I am also following about tenth of previous and that is also good.
Alan Johnson@lolennui agreed on that. No specific data but engagement is much better.
smells of bikes@lolennui Or 90% of the accounts on twitter were dead. This place is at its apex of activity, as measured by active/dormant account ratio, right now.
James Neno
Glenda Gilmore@lolennui Same here. I have 5% of my 22K Twitter followers on Mastodon and much more activity. Yep, the algorithm sucked.
RobIs nice that I can see a post, decide to write a reply to it later, and the actually be able to find it later!
Jake_Vig@lolennui very noticeable now, great observation
Drea@lolennui I am finding the same. On Twitter I got very little engagement even among friends I followed. I’m finding Mastodon works better. Just wish there was more hyper-local stuff on Mastodon but hoping with time that will happen.
Jeff@lolennui in same Time
RealBillyG@lolennui glad you’re here!!
JFPuget@lolennui Same here!
Brood Tea@lolennui If you really want/need that bird site fix but for Masto, try https://elk.zone/
It's not a mobile app but dang fine web app
Marco 
@lolennui the algorithm works, just not for *your* best interests
Jon Marnock