<![CDATA[I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem.]]>I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. If you and I share interests, could you recommend some good ones to follow?

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/4d153976-40da-4c60-8ae3-fc7210eb91cf/i-keep-losing-interest-in-mastodon-for-not-following-enough-accounts-a-chicken-egg-problem.RSS for NodeThu, 25 Jun 2026 12:57:43 GMTTue, 16 Jun 2026 16:46:34 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:12:16 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed

Hi Travis, perhaps this list might be useful, it shows all the different ways of discovering interesting accounts to follow: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends

There's also another list which has all the ways to make your account more discoverable to others: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-get-more-followers-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/116767977437122911https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://social.growyourown.services/users/FediTips/statuses/116767977437122911Wed, 17 Jun 2026 23:12:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:32:36 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed Unfortunately, you don't show your interests in your profile, you have no pinned post about you,: how should people discover you? My tips: subscribe to your favourite hashtags and look at the interesting people coming into your TL. Find interesting people with @FediFollows and more tips how to use Mastodon with the great guide by @FediTips

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/116766169891881580https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.online/users/NatureMC/statuses/116766169891881580Wed, 17 Jun 2026 15:32:36 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:15:55 GMT]]>@deborahh @travisgoodspeed Exactly. Hard to recommend anything

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116267154100320519/statuses/116765868390122541https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://thecanadian.social/ap/users/116267154100320519/statuses/116765868390122541Wed, 17 Jun 2026 14:15:55 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:36:01 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed
1. follow topics (hashtags) rather than people. Eventually you'll figure out whom to follow

2. If you are coming from twitter, a lot of people you followed there may have mastodon account as well. Start by following them.

3. Check @FediTips

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/mandarvaze/statuses/116763588152311873https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/mandarvaze/statuses/116763588152311873Wed, 17 Jun 2026 04:36:01 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:17:47 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed no profile to tell us what you're into, so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116763280522980755https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://cosocial.ca/users/deborahh/statuses/116763280522980755Wed, 17 Jun 2026 03:17:47 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:06:00 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed I had this same problem when I first joined. One thing that helped was looking at who the people I was following were boosting. Some of those accounts matched my interests well, and so I’d follow them and then do the same thing as they boosted other accounts.

Others used hashtags I wasn’t aware of at the time that I ended up liking a lot, too.

It’s not always a fast process, but it can be pretty effective.

I hope you find more kindred spirits here soon. 🙂

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lydiaschoch/statuses/116762762324606846https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/lydiaschoch/statuses/116762762324606846Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:06:00 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Wed, 17 Jun 2026 01:01:23 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed@mastodon.social

try the profiles directory on any mastodon.

https://mastodon.social/directory

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://catodon.rocks/notes/ankxj989v7rp166fhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://catodon.rocks/notes/ankxj989v7rp166fWed, 17 Jun 2026 01:01:23 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:21:34 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed as a couple of others have mentioned, follow some interesting hashtags, and that way you'll find people that toot your kind of thing

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/timsk/statuses/116762351656466207https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/timsk/statuses/116762351656466207Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:21:34 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:13:13 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed Howdy! 👋

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite/statuses/116762318827761577https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://indieweb.social/users/jaredwhite/statuses/116762318827761577Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:13:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:09:40 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed
This account shares some very random things sometimes, but most of the times it's really cool stuff:

@Rainmaker1973

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/curious_carrot/statuses/116762304901269847https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/curious_carrot/statuses/116762304901269847Tue, 16 Jun 2026 23:09:40 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:15:35 GMT]]>@bitsavers The Bitsavers library was an absolute godsend when I needed old microcontroller manuals a couple years back. Thank you!

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/travisgoodspeed/statuses/116761384433037833https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/travisgoodspeed/statuses/116761384433037833Tue, 16 Jun 2026 19:15:35 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:02:09 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed I only realised fairly recently that you can follow hashtags - and I've discovered lots more interesting people to follow since.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/gilester45/statuses/116761095648835357https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://twit.social/users/gilester45/statuses/116761095648835357Tue, 16 Jun 2026 18:02:09 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:40:20 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed

how to balance dopamine hits that aren't just rage bait...

has anyone built a large language model tunable to individual taste that doesn't require doomscrolling classifications to tune it to your likes?

I only follow a few dozen people who make interesting boosts

sadly... tubetime seems to have moved mostly to bsky

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/bitsavers/statuses/116761009878099040https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://oldbytes.space/users/bitsavers/statuses/116761009878099040Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:40:20 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:38:13 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed more follow recommendations: @jonty @NanoRaptor @tnt @miek @violetblue

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mossmann/statuses/116761001555669988https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mossmann/statuses/116761001555669988Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:38:13 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:24:06 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed some follow recommendations: @cmb @slyka @destevez @jaseg @ancientjames

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mossmann/statuses/116760946069769515https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/mossmann/statuses/116760946069769515Tue, 16 Jun 2026 17:24:06 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:57:15 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed
whitequark@treehouse.systems
neauoire@merveilles.town
tubetime@mastodon.social
loriemerson@post.lurk.org
bleeptrack@vis.social
ChuckMcManis@chaos.social

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://feed.hella.cheap/users/bob/statuses/01KV8NV9253FKQ8AAM0RV8C9SMhttps://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://feed.hella.cheap/users/bob/statuses/01KV8NV9253FKQ8AAM0RV8C9SMTue, 16 Jun 2026 16:57:15 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to I keep losing interest in Mastodon for not following enough accounts; a chicken/egg problem. on Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:49:02 GMT]]>@travisgoodspeed @hennichodernich @RoganDawes comes to mind

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/nieldk/statuses/116760808146224031https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://infosec.exchange/users/nieldk/statuses/116760808146224031Tue, 16 Jun 2026 16:49:02 GMT