I'm finding it difficult to find people to follow. Federated is too cluttered with languages I don't understand.
@quecmo I speak Southern. So, it might still be a mismatch. But ... 😁
@groundh0g Federated is crazy with Chinese, or Japanese. I don't mean to sound offensive but it's just symbols I don't understand.
@quecmo Not offensive at all! I'm just as lost in the federated and local streams. :P
@groundh0g It'll work itself out eventually I'm sure.
@quecmo You could try on a smaller instance, or one more focused on your interests.
@Whidou I might try this when more instances pop up. This ones fine for now. Ive just been a way from it for a few days and finding it hard to find people right now.
@quecmo Hashtag lookup can be efficient when looking for people talking about specific topics.
@Whidou Hashtag. Can't believe I didn't think of that. I'll start putting more hashtags in my posts too. Should help with engagement. Thanks.
@quecmo hex.bz I see only English and French posters. Lots of instances are banning Japanese due to some drama.
@dank101 I don't know about banning languages. But man, 90% of what pops up today is Chinese/Japanese.
@quecmo It's not because of language. There's drama between US mastodon instances and Japan instances.
@dank101 Interesting. I thought US and Japanese relations were good.
@quecmo There was some loli posted on pixiv's mastodon which caused some drama. Because of CP laws and stuff. Lots of mastodon instances are banning Japanese servers.
@dank101 *googles loli* I see.
@quecmo Yeaaaaaah. On my instances hex.bz the big japanese instances are banned.
@dank101 Is loli a common expression? I've never heard it before.
@quecmo It is when talking about what it is. Otherwise no.
@dank101 Ok. Never heard it until now.
@quecmo So basically due to the draconian legal system of multiple nations there's a kind of federation war.
@dank101 Well being American has it's advantages in war. We get a ton of practice at it.