Hello from my new #Mastadon account.
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Hello from my new #Mastadon account. I deleted #Facebook, #Pinterest, #Instagram & #BlueSky. I hope this forum is not so American-centric. Here's to #gardening #nature #flowers and #maincoons !
@vcallinan
Welcome. The centric bit depends on who you follow. And on avoiding hitting the "trending" link no matter how much you're tempted. -
Hello from my new #Mastadon account. I deleted #Facebook, #Pinterest, #Instagram & #BlueSky. I hope this forum is not so American-centric. Here's to #gardening #nature #flowers and #maincoons !
@vcallinan #bloomscrolling and #FootpathFriday are a couple I use to forget the insanity in my country. Hashtags are so good here.
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@vcallinan
Welcome. The centric bit depends on who you follow. And on avoiding hitting the "trending" link no matter how much you're tempted.@drewtowler Good to know!
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@vcallinan welcome from so-called Australia! Hope you enjoy your time here.
@stragu Thanks for the welcome.
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@vcallinan hi from a Swiss person living in Brittany. @borisschapira
@switch @borisschapira woo hoo! Hello!
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@vcallinan
Definitely *less* US-centric, but worth remembering that 3/4ths of native English speakers are in the US
There are plenty of non-English servers and users if that's your preference though
@australopithecus Good to know, tx!
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@vcallinan
Sorry, I’m an American.Sorry I’m an American, too.
Commas matter.
Down with Zuck.@kevinashworth Apologies if I come across as a US-hater. I am not. 'Just don't want to hear about Trump and his cabal all day, every day. #never51st
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Hello from my new #Mastadon account. I deleted #Facebook, #Pinterest, #Instagram & #BlueSky. I hope this forum is not so American-centric. Here's to #gardening #nature #flowers and #maincoons !
@vcallinan Had buckets of tomatoes one lucky year and another year we got about this much each week which was nothing to sneeze at either. Lucky to have lived places with amazing gardens kept by other people with passion fruit and all kinds of fruits and vegetables but now a modest garden plot with apricot and figs in large pots, black currants, peppermint (yeah hard to manage), strawberries, rhubarb, peppers, basil, and whatever other veggies we plant. I don't post a lot of garden stuff but hope you do find your gardening people. And no shortage of cats
Feel free to ask me (and most people) questions. Masto is a bit counterintuitive and just plain manual in places. One thing I suggest is looking at the local feed of mastodon.social, and on the local feed of any other instances that seem relevant, to find people to follow. All the best! -
@vcallinan Was it difficult to drop FB? Most FB friends don't follow you to Mastodon in my experience
@ottomate FB wouldn't cancel my account , despite following the process several times. Took about a year. I do miss some of the FB offerings like Marketplace, but not enough to go back. Most of my FB followers were people I knew, so I see them at meetings. Was freeing making the break.
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Hello from my new #Mastadon account. I deleted #Facebook, #Pinterest, #Instagram & #BlueSky. I hope this forum is not so American-centric. Here's to #gardening #nature #flowers and #maincoons !
@vcallinan welcome!
Have you met @NorcalGma2 ? She and her dog, Summer, are a great follow.
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@vcallinan well you could follow a few folk on Mastodon.Scot, less USA centric and curling is a thing.
@stooryduster Thanks! I have to figure out how to do that.
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As a Canadian I notice more Europeans here than the old Brand X place but I get to choose who I see, not an algorithm so that takes some work. Following #hashtags helps to find people to follow.
@the5thColumnist Good to know, Thanks!
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@rasterweb @vcallinan I feel the same way and I was born here.
@kingtor @rasterweb Condolences
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@vcallinan Hello from Ireland, and welcome to Mastidon!
(Is that a Galwegian surname, I detect..?)
@clickhere Hey there! Thanks! No idea where the name came from. Long story.
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@drewtowler Good to know!
@vcallinan
Filtering is good too. I filter out a bunch of hashtags like uspol, uspolitics, trump, potus, scotus, etc etc. It's an option in your preferences. -
@vcallinan Had buckets of tomatoes one lucky year and another year we got about this much each week which was nothing to sneeze at either. Lucky to have lived places with amazing gardens kept by other people with passion fruit and all kinds of fruits and vegetables but now a modest garden plot with apricot and figs in large pots, black currants, peppermint (yeah hard to manage), strawberries, rhubarb, peppers, basil, and whatever other veggies we plant. I don't post a lot of garden stuff but hope you do find your gardening people. And no shortage of cats
Feel free to ask me (and most people) questions. Masto is a bit counterintuitive and just plain manual in places. One thing I suggest is looking at the local feed of mastodon.social, and on the local feed of any other instances that seem relevant, to find people to follow. All the best!@scrottie Woo hoo! Your garden haul looks great! Tha is for the welcome!
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@vcallinan
Filtering is good too. I filter out a bunch of hashtags like uspol, uspolitics, trump, potus, scotus, etc etc. It's an option in your preferences.@drewtowler Perfect Thanks!
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@morebento Old and
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The USians here are fairly well behaved, love cats, garden often, and if they're anything like me: detest Mr. Trump. We elected the world's worst neighbor as President. Sorry (I switched from Kentucky owned MAGA bourbon to Tequila) as my own Elbows Up stance, although I'm a really average ice skater.
#ElbowsUp #Canada@JeffreySmith Well said! Thx for responding!
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Hello from my new #Mastadon account. I deleted #Facebook, #Pinterest, #Instagram & #BlueSky. I hope this forum is not so American-centric. Here's to #gardening #nature #flowers and #maincoons !
Everybody gave lots of good answers. I also notice that time zone plays a part. When I check early in the morning Central US time, timeline is nearly all European.
