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Courtney Heard ๐จ๐ฆIf there was one piece of advice I could give to new Mastodon users who are finding their feeds quiet or boring, it is to follow as many people and hashtags as you can. This is not Twitter; there is no algorithm, it is not going to fill your feed with stuff it thinks you like. You have to curate it yourself. Once you do, though, it's so much more vibrant and rewarding than Twitter has been for a year. #TwitterMigration #Twitter
Jiลรญ Fiala Total Landscaping@godlessmom fully agree!
Kostoglotov ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ@godlessmom aye. Welcome peeps. Itโs a wee bit better here. Also welcome to the pub. We always rock the pub.
joeziehmer@godlessmom And, if you have an interest like photography hashtag the feck out of it. Sorry for profanity; just wrapped up a few street projects and feeling good.
Nelson@godlessmom not to mention civil
@Knelson It's so NICE!
Anja Schillhaneck@godlessmom what I find most amazing is that there are/were actually people relying on that algorithm on Twitter to push anything upon them they did not actively ask for.
Godless Hedgehog@Maristya @godlessmom Yeah, I donโt understand this at all. Thereโs that stupid โFor Youโ tab over there, but why anyone would use it is beyond me.
Gustavo@assembledatoms @Maristya @godlessmom The reason that made me switch to Mastodon was that Twitter started pushing aggressively this tab! And their suggestions were terrible, ranging from "let me guess what you like from your IP" to scams and spam.
@qgustavor @Maristya @godlessmom Yeah, it would switch to โfor youโ from time to time on me, but I always noticed immediately and switched it back. Idk why anyone would intentionally leave it there.
@assembledatoms @Maristya mine became full of Bassett hounds and I wasnโt mad at that. But itโs not really why Iโm on social media.
Amanda Weaver@godlessmom My TL started jumping once I passed 1500 follows, which is WAY more than I used to follow on twitter. Early on follow with abandon! Weed later as necessary.
Max@godlessmom Thanks for that advice, gonna try doing it like that immediately! ๐
GanWeaving@godlessmom how can you follow hashtags?
Niederrheinlรคnderin@WeavingWithAI On the website: click on the hashtag, then click on the icon of the figure with the + next to it in the top right corner.
It will be similar in apps, but might look slightly different.
You can find a lot of questions answered on fedi.tips
Benjamin@WeavingWithAI that s good question and i can only answer part of it. On a desktop you can search for a hashtag and after you click it to browse there's as follow button. The trunks.social app has a similar function when you search for a hashtag only more obvious.
For the official mastodon app i don't know, just tried and couldn't figure it out.
Any hashtags followed will show up on your tl like any other post
Steffen H #FBPE #Democracy ๐บ๐ฆ@cordlessmodem @WeavingWithAI In the official Mastodon app on the iPad you can also press on a hashtag to get a pop-up where you can find a follow button (and many other posts with the same hashtag.
@WeavingWithAI @godlessmom On the iPad using the Ivory App you can press on a hashtag you find interesting and a pop-up appears where you can choose to follow the hashtag (or unfollow, if you already followed it).
You can also search for hashtags to find posts with them.
Hope it helps.
Heather@WeavingWithAI @godlessmom Search the hashing and it the picture of a person with a plus sign in the upper right of the screen to follow
smr777
Vฤฤnรฝ Stopaล Kosmรญrem@godlessmom Actually it is The Twitter I joined 12 years ago.
CoolBlenderKitten
Sobtanian@godlessmom @Constantine I think that hashtagging your posts is just as important, I was really flummoxed when I found out that thereโs no plain text search, and so I didnโt really engage with many folks until I hashtagged my own posts.
Figaro@godlessmom gotta embrace that #NoAlgorithm life ๐ธ
Luis@godlessmom I have been here for around two months but have not been using it much. Thanks for this info.
DoraArtist@godlessmom Thanks for the advice
Kendall Seabury@godlessmom Good tip! Iโve been making curated lists with different accounts and my main "timeline" is hashtags.
Hezi Hershkovitz@godlessmom As a newcomer, where can I find a list of popular hashtags?
Toni Aittoniemi@godlessmom Use lists to organise your feed.
And test a lot of clients to find out which one is best for you!
๐ I Bleed Blue ๐@godlessmom
I was on the bird site for 12 years. My under 1K followers here are so much more friendly than the 10K I had there. My social "home" is here๐๐ซ
I was on the bird site for 12 years. My under 1K followers here are so much more friendly than the 10K I had there. My social "home" is here๐๐ซ
@Ibleedblue Yes, I have 56k over there and it's quiet. Here, I actually get to connect with people. Love it.
Doodle Huang
doublejay@godlessmom one problem i have, is that enven trending hastags seem a bit flat.
W6KME@godlessmom The key feature is having three flavors of feed. There are the people you follow, which is like the birdsite but without all the promoted garbage. Just the people YOU want to see.
Then there is the local feed, everyone on your particular instance that you joined, which is why it's fun to join an instance with a special interest (ham radio in my case). You can even join more than one, so you get a choice of "local" feeds.
Then you've got the federated feed. This is the firehose.
trying bear ๐๐บ๐๐ผ@godlessmom i'm still just thoroghly confused, though.
KimberlyN 
If youโre still thoroughly confused, Iโd highly recommend following @feditips โ and perusing their website. Helps to give you a quick start guide to this environment. I found them super helpful when I was getting started here. Iโm happy to help too โ I think most of us are!
FediTips has moved!Hey there, thanks for the mention :)
If you're feeling totally lost on here, I'd recommend watching this video: https://tilvids.com/w/wx2iLhD3pTipbKFJKLyx5t
I've got a website for beginners at https://fedi.tips and if there's something specific you want help with just ask.
Mastodon in 180 Seconds ๐
@godlessmom Also, joining masto did not magically heal my typo problem. ๐ค
@bearofroses haha me neither! Stick with it, the confusion subsides and itโs so great.
CellyBlue@godlessmom tell them #Caturday us where to start. ๐ brings smiles in light of all the bull in the world.
cognitively accessible math@godlessmom how do you follow a hashtag?
@godlessmom (plop it in the search thingy on the far left upper part, and click a few things and it will show up as a column. I don't know if I had to do something to get it to set up that way, though.)
Yvonne@godlessmom tell me how to follow hashtags
I can find the button lol ๐ซฃ
I can find the button lol ๐ซฃ
@godlessmom ๐คฆ๐ปโโ๏ธ I figured it out
wakejagrSomeone I follow boosted this because it's good and well worded. When I read it, I saw that I was not following @godlessmom and did so immediately. Dogfooding-adjacent?
JasmineThat's exactly what I did๐คฃ My feed has been exceptional because of it๐
OuterSpace24@godlessmom thanks. Was just wondering what to do here. ๐
Winnem@godlessmom Yes! Go here: https://fedi.directory/ And go crazy.
Ohm Oswald@godlessmom most annoying thing is that you cannot see all the followers of someone, only the ones that are on your own server.
GilouTintin29@godlessmom just migrated from twatter. I'm not social platform savvy. I only went on twatter to follow ruSSian genocidal invasion of Ukraine. Thx 4 Ur directions. Hope u don't mind me asking: how do I go about getting info on that subject, where do I go? Thx 4 any help ๐๐ฌ๐ง
MJ@godlessmom hashtags are good, fills up my time line ๐
PJ "Vote Green" Coffey@godlessmom
_We_ are the algorithm. Boosts, replies and favourites make posts appear in trending.
When we # posts, #Hashtag_Lore say, we let other people find it, alas not across all servers.
When we boost, people in our timezone see it.
When we reply, people may see an interesting conversation and stick their nose in.
And liking is a trend push and also is nice to get. "Good Post!"
There are boost groups too like @noun @a.gup.pe (no space) which boost anything they're tagged in!
NoctisEqui ๐บ๐ฆ๐ต๐ธ๐ช๐น๐ณ๏ธโ๐I donโt know how to follow a hashtag. Iโd like to tho!
kentpollard@godlessmom If you've done your homework and picked a server that meshes with you, local timeline is good, too:
https://[YourServerName].com/public/local
https://[YourServerName].com/public/local
@reiver โผ (Charles) 
Just a minor point โ
Mastodon does have an algorithm. See:
https://mastodon.social/@reiver/109431742098635286
But I'm guessing by "algorithm" you mean "recommendation-engine". As in โ
... This is not Twitter; there is no recommendation-engine, ...
Charles@godlessmom I want an algorithm though ๐
Andy Flanagan
Hongyu Yang@godlessmom as a recent Twitter refugee I highly recommend this lovely tool to find people to follow here!
https://followgraph.vercel.app/
You can also find your old twitter friends on Mastodon using this site
fedifinder.glitch.me
lunaria22@godlessmom Thanks for that advice. New here from Twitter, land of the crazy quick decisions!๐ Finding my way about. How to follow someone?
#Twitter #TwitterMigration
#Twitter #TwitterMigration