Attention, #Fediverse.
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@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.
@mosgaard Hello, Morrten. Thanks for taking time out of your day to make yourself known.
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@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.
@timsk Yeah, the main lesson I've learned from all the responses I've recieved is the importance of following hashtags, so I am now following several that are of interest to me.
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@lonelyboy1977
Hello there! Are you already following the tags that you shared, so that you get an active feed?
@mboelen Thanks to the multiple responses suggesting that I do so, I am now following several hashtags of interest, and it's already making a noticeable difference.
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@Careerfromhome Thanks for the tip about following hashtags, it has made a noticeable difference already.
@lonelyboy1977 The next level then is to finetune by muting those using those hashtags which you tend to skip over (or muting certain content/hashtags like "operating system xyz"). I like to follow some news sources but hate their obsession with every hickup on the stock market so I can finetune there
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@mboelen Thanks to the multiple responses suggesting that I do so, I am now following several hashtags of interest, and it's already making a noticeable difference.
@lonelyboy1977
Great. I think it is a powerful way of using Mastodon and great for discovery. If you are interested in Linux security, then feel free to follow me
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@lonelyboy1977 You spoilt it all with the mention of football
@lydiaconwell In that case, I apologise.
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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 @camless Ian, I agree with others that using the results of hashtags to find people you want to follow will probably give you the best results. I’ve used that approach over the years to get to where I have a useful home feed.
(Ironically my home feed now has *too much* info at times and so I find myself using feeds for hashtags I follow when I want to focus on a topic.)
P.S. You are welcome to follow me, but I don’t post on your topics all that often.
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@lonelyboy1977 The next level then is to finetune by muting those using those hashtags which you tend to skip over (or muting certain content/hashtags like "operating system xyz"). I like to follow some news sources but hate their obsession with every hickup on the stock market so I can finetune there
@Careerfromhome Thanks for tip. I'll remember that if it becomes necessary.
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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
@FediTips Thank you for this very helpful reply.
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@FediTips Thank you for this very helpful reply.
Feel free to ask if you have any other questions, I'm trying to provide unofficial tech support here
