Who should I be following in the Fediverse?

[supermoosie@mastodon.au]

@tylerlwsmith

Following people with similar interests is cool and all.

But what I like is people who have different interests and experience.

The mediaeval historian who went investigating why eels where everywhere in records of the time.

The guy trying to work out why there is a faint am radio station replaying the same songs everyday, where there shouldn't be any signal

The bee keeper
The info sec guy
People doing niche hobbies
The retro computer people

Stuff I didn't know about, but have learnt from.

Add some artists, pet pictures, nature photos etc to cleanse

[berniethewordsmith@neopaquita.es]

@tylerlwsmith Very likely everyone must be telling you that your query matches, well, almost everyone here? Best piece of advice: find some people and then check who they follow if they allow it. Also, follow some super retooters like @PixelRobot and check @FediFollows

[w_b@mastodon.world]

@tylerlwsmith

Many of the people I follow have been mentioned. I would also add @alice

[dmbaturin@functional.cafe]

@tylerlwsmith @brunogirin Just checking: do you know that you can follow hashtags on Fediverse, rather than just individual accounts?

That's how I found most individual people I follow — by seeing their posts in my hashtag follow feed.

[doug@mejia.social]

@tylerlwsmith hi there… instead of following specific people, you may want to start by following the hashtags you’re interested in. For example, #Development #HomeLabEt cetera.

[cavyherd@wandering.shop]

@tylerlwsmith

Take note of who's posting the stuff you find most interesting, & then follow who they're following.

Also follow hashtags. Marvelous wide-aperture net.

[wansti@chaos.social]

@tylerlwsmith Ron Gilbert (@grumpygamer, self-proclaimed to be 100% AI-free)

[shnizmuffin@toots.inbutts.lol]

@tylerlwsmith if you expect nothing, I promise to not disappoint.

[onni@troet.cafe]

@tylerlwsmith thanks for asking this, I will add all people mentioned in this post as well^^

[caffeinatedgeek@thecanadian.social]

@tylerlwsmith you can also follow hashtags on your interests to find your people.

[dannotdaniel@hellions.cloud]

@MissGayle @tylerlwsmith this

or. ar least search the hashtags you're interested in and click through the results.

there are amazing ppl here - welcome back

[lukasarmstrong@mathstodon.xyz]

@dmbaturin @tylerlwsmith @brunogirin What hashtags do you recommend? I'm fairly new myself and all the ones I've seen so far are low user/activity.

Edit: I found some, but still open to recommendations

[axomamma@mastodon.online]

@tylerlwsmith i recommend @llamasoft_ox - he's got sheep and a pony, and he does stuff with game stuff with computers but I'm there for the sheep and the pony. And the weekly trip to somewhere local for a nice curry.

[axomamma@mastodon.online]

@tylerlwsmith Also, I suggest you follow @LRRRonEarth to stay on his good side, so you don't end up as a snack.

[edboythinks@hachyderm.io]

@tylerlwsmith follow hashtags as well, you'll get way more pertinent content that way

[wavefunction@mastodon.sdf.org]

@tylerlwsmith recommend @cadey and @soatok

[bene@fosstodon.org]

@tylerlwsmith follow @dgar . He's funny, makes music, and brings good vibes. And occasionally he retoots stuff from really cool other people, that do interesting stuff

[bene@fosstodon.org]

@tylerlwsmith and follow @bestiaexmachina or @Kitty for human made art (which brings unexpected warmth into your online life)

[ca7746@masto.ai]

@SuperMoosie @tylerlwsmith Who was chasing radio signals?

Which beekeeper do you mean?

"Surprised Eel Historian" (greenleejw) used to be on historians.social, but that instance no longer exists. I think they disappeared with it rather than migrate to another instance.

[neurologo@bcn.fedi.cat]

@tylerlwsmith @tylerlwsmith @tylerlwsmith follow hashtags!!