My Fediverse Advice:
* Follow more people. No, even more people than that. Basically, if you find a real person and their posts are good follow 'em
* If you get a good reply to a post boost it. If you make a good reply to a post boost it. Replies are not visible in the feed unless you do this. As long as the post is an OK start to a conversation or interesting boost it.
* Write thoughtful replies. And if you put effort into a reply boost it or probably only the people tagged will see it.
I am still relatively new to the Fediverse. I'm very happy with it, but there's one thing I've noticed re:boosts.
I now follow several people who regularly boost posts from people I already follow, so I may see the post when it's first posted, then see it again two or three times when it's boosted by others. Is there some setting to adjust to avoid that, or do I just bask in the fact that I'm part of a pod of like-minded folk?
@VirginiaHolloway @futurebird I used to notice this all the time when I first joined, and now I don't notice it any more, so I'm also curious to learn the answer!
The only thing I consciously did was mute boosts by a few accounts who boosted very often. Maybe that's why I don't notice the same post boosted multiple times as much.
@semitones @VirginiaHolloway @futurebird which app allows you to do so?
I now have two mastodon apps: the official one with all the boosts, and tusky, where I don't have ANY boosts.
So depending on how much time I want to spend on my phone, I choose one or the other :)
@ineiti @VirginiaHolloway @futurebird I only really like Mastodon for Android. I tried tusky but I didn't really get it. (EDIT: that's awesome that you can curate two unique experiences using 2 separate apps!) The Web interface on desktop is ok, but not as compelling somehow for me.
Once you're following someone, you can use the 3 dots menu to hide boosts from them but still see their OG posts. https://docs.joinmastodon.org/user/moderating/#hide-boosts
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