New to mastodon, never used Twitter, refuse to use Xitter. Any tips and who and what to follow? And who and what do you follow?
If you like games, try looking at the users of GameDev Place
If you like visual art, Mastodon.Art can be a good place to start.
If you are from Europe, there are a few official accounts at https://social.network.europa.eu/directory
If you like memes, I strongly recommend @skeletor@mas.to and @SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to
If you need to get news, Flipboard is in the process of federating its content, you can see a few users that are already able to be followed in this post: https://flipboard.social/@Flipboard/111926711889817950
Hope this helps.
Wouldn’t recommend mastodon.art imo
Heard the admins on there are very ban-ready on there and basically defederate anyone they consider “bad” despite not actually being problematic themselves.
Yeah, I don’t like mastodon art moderation either, and I wouldn’t recommend signing up there. But that doesn’t change the fact that there are a lot of artists there willing to spread their work.
I was a mod when they picked a fight with a “sister” instance from mine. I saw the MO of the adm. But also found that most of the users there were not even aware of what was happening.
Anyway, OP. Follow whoever you want, just be aware that if you cannot follow someone from mastodon art is because they chose to block your server. Is not personal.
Out of all the bad things you can say about Mastodon drama and moderation issues…
It’s pretty cool the phrases “don’t use this instance” and “follow people on this instance” can coexist.
Because of federation, the admins of an instance besides your own don’t even get to peep your IP addresses.
https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@grumpygamer
One of the creators of Monkey Island, and other historical greats.
He’s working on a personal project at the moment, that looks like it’s going to be a proper good game.
You should add your likes, what kind of topics or stuff you are interested to. So we can recommend you people to follow. If you say it this way, Mastodon is pretty big to know exactly where you fit.
You can go to your server’s Hot or Trending section and just start following big accounts, and from there find people in replies to various interesting posts to follow. Maybe.
You can also follow hashtags on there!
Mastodon (and all of the Fediverse, to be honest) are a VERY diverse bunch. You’ll likely find your crowd. Start by using the search bar and searching for hashtag keywords for the things that you are interested in, like
#linux,#minecraftor#selfhosting. That will bring up instances of those hashtags your server has seen.I tend to suggest users new to the fediverse follow
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services. They post tips and tricks about the fediverse in general and Mastodon specifically.Following people is creepy
@BudgetBandit it really depends on what you’re into. Like, I could tell you to follow @ZachWeinersmith for SMBC-type humor, or me for menswear, or @GovTrack to track US Government voting patterns, or…
But that’s not really a useful way to talk. You could always go through explore, but I also don’t think that’s a great approach.
It would be best if you told us what you wanted to see here and we helped you find it.
