From what I understand about Mastodon now, the more people I follow, the better chances I have to find discussions I'm interested in. Not that it's a complete Catch-22, but it’s certainly hard to start discovering things when your following list is quite short. Does anyone have recommendations from the world of literature, science, or art?
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I found that initially following a bunch of hashtags (like 30-60) was the best way to find people worth following. Have you done that?
@jztusk No, I've never followed that many! I initially thought the fewer I followed, the easier it would be to sort through my feed. I'll try that, because right now my feed feels both alien and deserted at the same time.
Thank you!
Yeah, it's definitely different from other social media, where they're eager to show you stuff to keep you on their app. Here you have to actively "ask" for stuff.
It's like doing topiary: first you gotta do some wild growth, then you go and cut it back to what you want.
And don't be afraid to cut, esp. if you follow sometime very generic, like # art. I'm not into video game fan art, so I just mute acc'ts that post that into my timeline. Nothing personal, I'm just not into it
@jztusk @iwritelike
yes, you don't have to follow people, following topic hashtags will bring all kinds of people straight to you!
@traecer @jztusk @iwritelike I would add that the folks you're already following, take a look at the hashtags /they/ use, those tags most likely will bring in posts from accounts you also want to follow.
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