Okay, so I never used Twitter but figured I’d give Mastodon a try.
But what do you even do there? Is it just a place where you wait for specific people to shout into the void? And then what?
Also how do I even find interesting subjects or people to follow?Twitter/microblogging is a weird thing in general but you seem to have the idea. It can be useful for following events or people who write interesting things.
Mastodon hashtags are the way to discover conversations and people to follow, they go across instances in search.
@Cuteblooded @Troll I just follow a bunch of people and hashtags. Anybody suggests following something or someone I do. It’s easy to unfollow if you end up not liking the content from someone or some hashtag.
@Cuteblooded @Troll I found that posting about stuff that interests me, following bright people who respond, and using hashtags is not a bad way to start. And check the local feed and the fedi feed from time to time to find new people to interact with.
#welcome@Cuteblooded @Troll just keep posting and follow some interesting people you’ll get it
@Cuteblooded @Troll Start here: https://fedi.tips/
@Cuteblooded @Troll shout into the void… Or voice an opinion… If enough of us voice an opinion it might change things… the alternative is keeping silent and that is not mentally healthy
@Cuteblooded @Troll You can find topics using hashtags (#).
Sometimes it’s useful following specific projects or organizations you’re interested in to be notified when anything interesting is going on. In a way similar to an RSS feed I suppose
They are also RSS feeds by default, just append .rss to the back of the profile address and add to your feed reader. For example, to tune into Elvira Mistress of the Dark in your rss reader the link would be:
https://universeodon.com/@TheRealElvira.rssWe need this for Lemmy communities.
Yes?
You can also shout into the void yourself. Eventually somebody might notice and reply.
You can watch the local or federated timelines and if someone says something interesting you can follow them and reply. Or you if you get linked from elsewhere to a good post you can follow the author. Or you can see a list of popular hashtags (or look up a hashtag) and see posts in them, or post to them.
What else is there supposed to be to do there?
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@Cuteblooded Assuming the instance you joined is some kind of community that you’re a part of, check out the Local feed. Other people on your server may show you some good stuff and/or be worth following.
@Cuteblooded absolutely wild that I’m reading your lemmy post on mastodon as we speak
@Cuteblooded For starters, hashtags seem to be a bigger deal here than on Twitter. You can follow hashtags for their themed content, or just search them to find people to follow. And if you hashtag your posts by category, people will actually notice.
@Cuteblooded ahhah, if you stare into the void, the void stares back at you. (just reposted your lemmy post to the void/mastodon 😅)
Let me tell you about my lord and savior decentralized social media
I thought we’re gonna talk about a music band, aren’t we?
I saw them for the first time during the Unheavenly Skye tour.
My first time seeing Coheed too!
It was one hell of a show.
No we worship lemmy in this house mastodon is a harassy
a harassing heresy ? defo sounds like the witnesses
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it
I saw them when they opened for Primus. Killer show.
Mastodeez nuts
Me opening the door thinking you’re referring to the band
Why yes, I do have a moment to SPLIT YOUR LUNGS WITH BLOOD AND THUNDER
I know all about Mastodon. Been doing it just about everyday for years, sometimes twice a day!
My favorite metal band??
I THINK THAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO KILL ME
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I kinda wish they were both integrated.
Since they are part of the fediverse and use the same underlying technology, they are integrated! E.g. users on a mastodon instance can follow lemmy communities
You mean like kbin?
I’m like that with Nostr.
MadeEndorsed by birdsite guy. Pushes the cryptocurrency scam. No bueno.No sir, I haven’t heard of it, but would you like a waffle?
Does the waffle have syrup?
Yes, the best kind: imaginary syrup! The unlimited essence of deliciousness abounding, overflowing!
I think I’d rather keep Mastodon small and quirky. The moment it starts to feel like twitter, I’m off.
Nah it’ll never be like Twitter. Those users will all line up for Bluesky
Or threads.
I feel Bluesky already lost its hype. Should’ve been launched near the announcement. I believe Threads it’s where people would go if leaving X.
It seems to be growing pretty fast, and importantly has celebrities and such. It’s going to replace Twitter, but Mastodon has staying power that BSky doesn’t.
Out of the loop: why there is so much hype for Bluesky?
Jack Dorsey made it, and it’s kind of federated. Might even hook into Mastodon in the future.
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Honestly, I feel like Mastodon is kinda never going to be like Twitter, even if its user count were to grow by two orders of magnitude. There are several reasons why, as the other replies point out, but the most important (IMO) is that Mastodon is just not a profit-driven platform. And if Mastodon is not a profit-driven platform, it is not designed to maximize user engagement. And if it is not designed to maximize user engagement, it is not designed to encourage toxic behavior.
