Attention, #Fediverse. My Mastodon experience is like being alone in a graveyard, so I need help to improve the quality of my home feed, and increase engagement with other users.
If you regularly post about #AudioDramas, #Books, #Cinema, #CreativeWriting, #Cricket π , #Fantasy, #Films, #Football β½ , #Linux, #Music, #Podcasts, #Publishing, #Reading, #RetroGaming, #ScienceFiction, #TV, or #Writing, please reply to this post so I can follow and engage with you.
Tip: always click on your own #hashtags. You will either find new friends, or be lonelier than ever π
a corollary tip: another good reason to click your own #hashtags is to confirm the popular definition matches your own. π³
@teledyn @lonelyboy1977 You can 'follow' those hashtags to supplement your feed, as well as add them to your profile to make it easier for other users to find you.
Part of the allure of this platform is not being 'force fed' content by algorithms and paid advertising. This is at the cost of curation through adding follows, etc.
Very important: we are the only algorithm.
When you 'boost' you send the post downstream to your audience; if you don't, the post stops at you and depends now on others. If no one boosts, it sits, sadly alone and unread, quietly awaiting a hashtag call that may never come π
When you 'like' you are only telling the author you liked it. Many turn off their post popularity stats and depend on actual human connections to gauge their success π
#Fediverse doesn't have a big marketing machine and bookstores aren't much help, but fortunately we have @FediTips and our own enthusiasm to make it work π
@lonelyboy1977 @camless Ian, I agree with others that using the results of hashtags to find people you want to follow will probably give you the best results. Iβve used that approach over the years to get to where I have a useful home feed.
(Ironically my home feed now has *too much* info at times and so I find myself using feeds for hashtags I follow when I want to focus on a topic.)
P.S. You are welcome to follow me, but I donβt post on your topics all that often.
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