WELCOME TO THE FORKIVERSE EVERYONE!

[nickfran@theforkiverse.com]

@pj It's like the first time you ride on Tron. Like, what is it and where am I going but also, Tron!

[neztore@infosec.exchange]

@pj And welcome to the fediverse

[bailey@theforkiverse.com]

@CgiBinLaden @pj Founding Forkis unite

[daddylonglegs@theforkiverse.com]

@pj view of my cold coffee while waiting for my fate to be decided by a forks up or forks down.

[sophia@theforkiverse.com]

@pj I got lost on my way to spoontopia

[dougwade@mastodon.xyz]

@holger @pj I’d recommend finding some hashtags for things you’re interested in and following those. For instance, I follow hashtags for sports I like, as well as my city and neighborhood. From there, it’s easier to expand out to following individual accounts you see posting regularly. And it’s likely worth checking out @FediTips

[wilhelmscreamqueen@theforkiverse.com]

@pj I'm here! Fuck the algorithm!

[tomhayden@theforkiverse.com]

@pj finally a social network just for the over 40 crowd

[mikem@theforkiverse.com]

@pj love this. great episode too!

[rocktheglobe@theforkiverse.com]

@MomJeans What kind of sorcery is this?!

[rocktheglobe@theforkiverse.com]

@wilhelmscreamqueen I think you mean fork the algorithm…? This is The Good Place, after all.

[chriswalter@fediscience.org]

@pj Welcome PJ! Hello from fediscience.org.

[jamesmowery@fosstodon.org]

@pj Hello from the Fosstodon server. I'm not here, but... I'm here!

[chirny@theforkiverse.com]

@pj so far it’s great!

[xinit@mastodon.coffee]

@holger
Follow interesting people, especially noisy interesting people who repost a lot of things.

@dgoldsmith and @catsalad are very noisy and they helped me find things.

@pj

[xinit@mastodon.coffee]

@tomhayden
What do you have against LinkedIn? Oh, never mind. I just read that again.
@pj

[moira@mastodon.murkworks.net]

@pj Hi! Can I give a discovery suggestion?

This place runs on...

✧ ☆ H A S H T A G S ☆ ✧

Here are a bunch of details and stuff on how it works ^_^

https://mastodon.murkworks.net/@moira/113484112202118788

[gbargoud@masto.nyc]

@pj @holger

Also recommend checking out the accounts in https://about.fedigroups.social/directory

Those are accounts that will boost any post they are tagged in so they work similarly to hashtags except they will push posts to your instance.

When you follow a hashtag, the post will only show up in your feed if it makes it to your instance (so if it was posted or boosted by someone who has a follower on your instance), when you follow a fedigroup it will guarantee that posts make it to your instance.

[wilhelmscreamqueen@theforkiverse.com]

@rocktheglobe that's right. Exactly. That's what I meant. Old habits and all.

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@holger @pj

Yes, there are lots of ways to discover things on here! I've tried to do a full list at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends

There's also a list of ways to make your own account more discoverable at https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/