I feel kinda stuck on Mastodon lately. I really like the platform conceptually, but I keep running into issues. For example, when I used smaller instances (I've gone through many of them in my time using Mastodon), I like the tighter community, but I feel like they never quite fully federate right, and I miss a lot of stuff, especially when searching tags. But now that I'm on the big instance, I see everything, but there's no community. Not sure how to solve this problem!
@presbyterian I think using lists could help with the community aspect. Create a list with the people you *really* want to be sure to engage with. I have one called VIPs. I check a few times a day and it helps me stay connected.