Attention, #Fediverse.
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@lonelyboy1977 A tip: You can actually follow those hashtags like you would follow a user. Then anytime someone uses that hashtag, it would show up in your home feed. You can then follow specific users if you want to see their other posts.
@fskornia A lot of people have given my the tip about following hashtags and it has definitely made a difference already.
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a corollary tip: another good reason to click your own #hashtags is to confirm the popular definition matches your own.
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@teledyn @lonelyboy1977 You can 'follow' those hashtags to supplement your feed, as well as add them to your profile to make it easier for other users to find you.
Part of the allure of this platform is not being 'force fed' content by algorithms and paid advertising. This is at the cost of curation through adding follows, etc.
Very important: we are the only algorithm.
When you 'boost' you send the post downstream to your audience; if you don't, the post stops at you and depends now on others. If no one boosts, it sits, sadly alone and unread, quietly awaiting a hashtag call that may never come
When you 'like' you are only telling the author you liked it. Many turn off their post popularity stats and depend on actual human connections to gauge their success
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Check out @ElyseMGrasso , who posts and boosts a lot of great stuff re. SFF and science. @lonelyboy1977
@clew Done! Thanks for the suggestion.
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@teledyn @lonelyboy1977 You can 'follow' those hashtags to supplement your feed, as well as add them to your profile to make it easier for other users to find you.
Part of the allure of this platform is not being 'force fed' content by algorithms and paid advertising. This is at the cost of curation through adding follows, etc.
@camless This is the most frequently given advice I've been given so I have started following hashtags related to subjects I want to see more of in my home feed.
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Very important: we are the only algorithm.
When you 'boost' you send the post downstream to your audience; if you don't, the post stops at you and depends now on others. If no one boosts, it sits, sadly alone and unread, quietly awaiting a hashtag call that may never come
When you 'like' you are only telling the author you liked it. Many turn off their post popularity stats and depend on actual human connections to gauge their success
@teledyn Thanks for highlighting this. I wish I had asked for advice much sooner.
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@teledyn Thanks for highlighting this. I wish I had asked for advice much sooner.
#Fediverse doesn't have a big marketing machine and bookstores aren't much help, but fortunately we have @FediTips and our own enthusiasm to make it work
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@lonelyboy1977 check out @FediTips they can be helpful...
Hi Ian, sorry to hear about your feed.
There's a guide here about all the ways to discover accounts to follow: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends
Hopefully this helps
Also, if you're wanting to make your own account more discoverable by others, there's a guide for that too at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse
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Attention, #Fediverse. My Mastodon experience is like being alone in a graveyard, so I need help to improve the quality of my home feed, and increase engagement with other users.
If you regularly post about #AudioDramas, #Books, #Cinema, #CreativeWriting, #Cricket
, #Fantasy, #Films, #Football 
, #Linux, #Music, #Podcasts, #Publishing, #Reading, #RetroGaming, #ScienceFiction, #TV, or #Writing, please reply to this post so I can follow and engage with you.@lonelyboy1977 You spoilt it all with the mention of football
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@camless This is the most frequently given advice I've been given so I have started following hashtags related to subjects I want to see more of in my home feed.
@lonelyboy1977 Nice. I noticed that it took about 100+ followers and a dozen followed hashtags for my feed to fill up nicely
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Attention, #Fediverse. My Mastodon experience is like being alone in a graveyard, so I need help to improve the quality of my home feed, and increase engagement with other users.
If you regularly post about #AudioDramas, #Books, #Cinema, #CreativeWriting, #Cricket
, #Fantasy, #Films, #Football , #Linux, #Music, #Podcasts, #Publishing, #Reading, #RetroGaming, #ScienceFiction, #TV, or #Writing, please reply to this post so I can follow and engage with you.@lonelyboy1977
Hello there! Are you already following the tags that you shared, so that you get an active feed?
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Attention, #Fediverse. My Mastodon experience is like being alone in a graveyard, so I need help to improve the quality of my home feed, and increase engagement with other users.
If you regularly post about #AudioDramas, #Books, #Cinema, #CreativeWriting, #Cricket
, #Fantasy, #Films, #Football , #Linux, #Music, #Podcasts, #Publishing, #Reading, #RetroGaming, #ScienceFiction, #TV, or #Writing, please reply to this post so I can follow and engage with you.@lonelyboy1977 Hey, I post about music constantly, including frequent links to my own FREE newsletter/blog where I write about 5 indie musical acts every week!
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Attention, #Fediverse. My Mastodon experience is like being alone in a graveyard, so I need help to improve the quality of my home feed, and increase engagement with other users.
If you regularly post about #AudioDramas, #Books, #Cinema, #CreativeWriting, #Cricket
, #Fantasy, #Films, #Football , #Linux, #Music, #Podcasts, #Publishing, #Reading, #RetroGaming, #ScienceFiction, #TV, or #Writing, please reply to this post so I can follow and engage with you.@lonelyboy1977 if your feed is very quiet, it sounds like you might not be following the hashtags you mentioned. You can follow hashtags! You'll see loads of related toots, and find your online kindred souls that way.
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Attention, #Fediverse. My Mastodon experience is like being alone in a graveyard, so I need help to improve the quality of my home feed, and increase engagement with other users.
If you regularly post about #AudioDramas, #Books, #Cinema, #CreativeWriting, #Cricket
, #Fantasy, #Films, #Football , #Linux, #Music, #Podcasts, #Publishing, #Reading, #RetroGaming, #ScienceFiction, #TV, or #Writing, please reply to this post so I can follow and engage with you.@lonelyboy1977 nice meeting you Ian!
I share mostly about #LinuxAudio, so it's quite specific, but I have a past in theatre (AudioDrama and writing too) and I can see I'm looking forward to following you.
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Attention, #Fediverse. My Mastodon experience is like being alone in a graveyard, so I need help to improve the quality of my home feed, and increase engagement with other users.
If you regularly post about #AudioDramas, #Books, #Cinema, #CreativeWriting, #Cricket
, #Fantasy, #Films, #Football , #Linux, #Music, #Podcasts, #Publishing, #Reading, #RetroGaming, #ScienceFiction, #TV, or #Writing, please reply to this post so I can follow and engage with you.@lonelyboy1977 Followed!
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Attention, #Fediverse. My Mastodon experience is like being alone in a graveyard, so I need help to improve the quality of my home feed, and increase engagement with other users.
If you regularly post about #AudioDramas, #Books, #Cinema, #CreativeWriting, #Cricket
, #Fantasy, #Films, #Football , #Linux, #Music, #Podcasts, #Publishing, #Reading, #RetroGaming, #ScienceFiction, #TV, or #Writing, please reply to this post so I can follow and engage with you.@lonelyboy1977 Other hashtags you might want to follow:
#AmReading #movies #SciFi -
Attention, #Fediverse. My Mastodon experience is like being alone in a graveyard, so I need help to improve the quality of my home feed, and increase engagement with other users.
If you regularly post about #AudioDramas, #Books, #Cinema, #CreativeWriting, #Cricket
, #Fantasy, #Films, #Football , #Linux, #Music, #Podcasts, #Publishing, #Reading, #RetroGaming, #ScienceFiction, #TV, or #Writing, please reply to this post so I can follow and engage with you.@lonelyboy1977
Maybe some helps here:Handy Fediverse Links
️ 4 Minute Fediverse Video️ Fedi.Tips - Guide to the Fediverse️ Fediverse Network Stats️ List of Mastodon Resources️ How Mastodon Works️ The Fediverse Observer️ A Less-Brief++ Guide to Mastodon️ Browse the content of instances!️ Find like-minded people to follow!️ A Curated List of Fedizens!️ Curated list of server applications️ Alternative youtube, twit...️ FediParty️ More de-goog alternatives.️ Fedi.Tips Mastodon Help=============================
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Attention, #Fediverse. My Mastodon experience is like being alone in a graveyard, so I need help to improve the quality of my home feed, and increase engagement with other users.
If you regularly post about #AudioDramas, #Books, #Cinema, #CreativeWriting, #Cricket
, #Fantasy, #Films, #Football , #Linux, #Music, #Podcasts, #Publishing, #Reading, #RetroGaming, #ScienceFiction, #TV, or #Writing, please reply to this post so I can follow and engage with you.@lonelyboy1977 I'm always down for a good #Bookstodon discussion.
(have you texted following that hashtag?)
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Attention, #Fediverse. My Mastodon experience is like being alone in a graveyard, so I need help to improve the quality of my home feed, and increase engagement with other users.
If you regularly post about #AudioDramas, #Books, #Cinema, #CreativeWriting, #Cricket
, #Fantasy, #Films, #Football , #Linux, #Music, #Podcasts, #Publishing, #Reading, #RetroGaming, #ScienceFiction, #TV, or #Writing, please reply to this post so I can follow and engage with you.@lonelyboy1977 your 'Mastodon' experience sounds like exactly what a lot of people here enjoy.
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@lonelyboy1977 I'm always down for a good #Bookstodon discussion.
(have you texted following that hashtag?)
@dbsalk Thanks for taking time out of your day to reply, David. The big take away from all the responses I've received is the importance of following hashtags, so I am now doing that.
