Let me tell you about my lord and savior decentralized social media
I’m in this picture and I don’t like it
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?@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
I always had the same issue the few times I tried to use mastodon and twitter.
@Cuteblooded @Troll You can find topics using hashtags (#).
I just love the fact that Mark Ruffalo is using Mastodon
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?
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 just keep posting and follow some interesting people you’ll get it
@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 Start here: https://fedi.tips/
I saw them when they opened for Primus. Killer show.
i prefer lemmy
They are kinda different
how?
One is a microblobbing service and the other is a content aggregation service. And then there is Kbin which is both.
I kinda wish they were both integrated.
You mean like kbin?
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
I’m like that with Nostr.
No sir, I haven’t heard of it, but would you like a waffle?
Does the waffle have syrup?
Made by birdsite guy. Pushes the cryptocurrency scam. No bueno.
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
Best album. I’ll never get over the opening line: I THINK THAT SOMEONE IS TRYING TO KILL MEEEEE
I know all about Mastodon. Been doing it just about everyday for years, sometimes twice a day!
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
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.
Or threads.
Out of the loop: why there is so much hype for Bluesky?
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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.
No we worship lemmy in this house mastodon is a harassy
a harassing heresy ? defo sounds like the witnesses
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.
