I keep looking for active discussions on Masto; maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places?
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@pencilears @ai6yr Yeah, I made this account a long time ago and then wound up on other places like bluesky, but I do like Masto so I want to give it a second earnest try. (And yeah, had to go grab groceries real quick when I realized I was out of milk and sugar.)
@Verati404 Follow people. Follow hashtags. Even randomly. It might appear that after few days you do not really like a person you follow. Or what is being tagged. Then unfollow.
To the list of recommended accounts I would add @dgar and @catsalad. They are very active. However, I cannot promise you will like the activity 🤭
And for some good feeling artsy content, check @cmconseils and @Natasha_Jay.
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I keep looking for active discussions on Masto; maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places?
I'm so much more used to socmed sites where folks talk to each other. It feels so silent and isolated here. Why??? I know there are humans around; my feed is full of posts but none of them seem to have any comments. It's just a bunch of folks shouting into the void.
Is it just a difference in culture here? Or am I just missing all the action somehow?
@Verati404 the nature of the fediverse has a lot to do with what gets on your timeline. it's not one firehose like corp SM. normally, if a thread is across instances you may have to follow both parties to see responses. if any toot interests you click the replies icon even if it says 0.
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@Verati404 so, as you know, mastodon is a software that a bunch of different people are all running on their own websites.
Because the websites are "federated" you can see my posts and I can see yours, we can talk over the network.
But, because you can only see the parts of the network that you're federated with, you're not going to see most of the conversations, because you can't see the people commenting on posts if your server doesn't fetch their posts already.
Ah, just jumping in to say thank you for explaining this. I had always wondered why I would occasionally see one half of a conversation without the other.
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I keep looking for active discussions on Masto; maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places?
I'm so much more used to socmed sites where folks talk to each other. It feels so silent and isolated here. Why??? I know there are humans around; my feed is full of posts but none of them seem to have any comments. It's just a bunch of folks shouting into the void.
Is it just a difference in culture here? Or am I just missing all the action somehow?
@Verati404 One of the ways to trigger discussion is to actually reply yourself. I think a lot of people are waiting for someone else to leap in.
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My name is #️⃣CatSalad and I meow.
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I keep looking for active discussions on Masto; maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places?
I'm so much more used to socmed sites where folks talk to each other. It feels so silent and isolated here. Why??? I know there are humans around; my feed is full of posts but none of them seem to have any comments. It's just a bunch of folks shouting into the void.
Is it just a difference in culture here? Or am I just missing all the action somehow?
@Verati404 echoing what others have said, following hashtags about people talking about things that interest you is a good place to start. For example, I'm a biker and follow #bikenite which is a conversion about various biking topics on Friday evenings. Whatever interests you have, there are most likely hastags. Obseve a little, and join the conversations!
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My name is #️⃣CatSalad and I meow.
@catsalad
My name is @Natasha_Jay and this appears to be a 4am
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@alice it will probably happen again, I think you're mutuals with every woman and nonbinary person in science on fedi? Something like that.
@pencilears I try
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@catsalad
My name is @Natasha_Jay and this appears to be a 4am group hug but why not? @Natasha_Jay @catsalad @dgar @agturcz @cmconseils Nice to meet you all!
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I keep looking for active discussions on Masto; maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places?
I'm so much more used to socmed sites where folks talk to each other. It feels so silent and isolated here. Why??? I know there are humans around; my feed is full of posts but none of them seem to have any comments. It's just a bunch of folks shouting into the void.
Is it just a difference in culture here? Or am I just missing all the action somehow?
@Verati404 it looks like traction here need to improve a lot to match centralized socmeds
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@Verati404 I highly recommend you start by following some extremely active extroverts, (not all of whom are named Alice, I promise!)
@Binder (boosts people from all over fedi so new uses can find each other)
@alice@lgbtqia.space (generally friendly and cool, posts locksport videos)
@Alice@beige.party (the funniest user on beige party, the premier shit posting instance)
@ai6yr (posts about ham radio, the weather, repairing things, and generally news, usually has a well-run comment section)
@pencilears
Now that I think about it, I believe pretty much all the Alices I know are great at people-ing
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@Natasha_Jay @catsalad @dgar @agturcz @cmconseils Nice to meet you all!
@Verati404 @Natasha_Jay @catsalad @dgar @agturcz @cmconseils
I am @amro and am only reading this because I have a weak bladder
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I keep looking for active discussions on Masto; maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places?
I'm so much more used to socmed sites where folks talk to each other. It feels so silent and isolated here. Why??? I know there are humans around; my feed is full of posts but none of them seem to have any comments. It's just a bunch of folks shouting into the void.
Is it just a difference in culture here? Or am I just missing all the action somehow?
@Verati404 Masto/ the Fedi is also a place with alot of people who value their privacy. Not to say these ppl dont have social skills and needs. But I think the tendencey is to being private, and respecting privacy. To be careful to not invade someone's privacy, at least not too much. And to not draw too much attention to themselves. That's my observation.
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@Natasha_Jay @catsalad @dgar @agturcz @cmconseils Nice to meet you all!
@Verati404 @Natasha_Jay @dgar @agturcz @cmconseils Hallo! :3
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@Verati404 Masto/ the Fedi is also a place with alot of people who value their privacy. Not to say these ppl dont have social skills and needs. But I think the tendencey is to being private, and respecting privacy. To be careful to not invade someone's privacy, at least not too much. And to not draw too much attention to themselves. That's my observation.
@Scofisticated Totally fair! Socials mean different things to different people. It was just weird to me when I showed up that I couldn't see basically anything. I was used to other platforms and following people after I saw something of someone on a general feed to know whether I was going to like their account or not. But here it seems to work the opposite: follow fast, unfollow if necessary.
Which is fine. It just wasn't intuitive behavior for me.
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@Verati404 @Natasha_Jay @catsalad @dgar @agturcz @cmconseils
I am @amro and am only reading this because I have a weak bladder️@amro
I am reading this because I am in a departure lounge with @IsabelB
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@amro
I am reading this because I am in a departure lounge with @IsabelB@Natasha_Jay @amro @IsabelB @Verati404 @catsalad @dgar @agturcz @cmconseils
Reading this because i’m stuck standing still on the freeway for over 40’ now…
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I keep looking for active discussions on Masto; maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places?
I'm so much more used to socmed sites where folks talk to each other. It feels so silent and isolated here. Why??? I know there are humans around; my feed is full of posts but none of them seem to have any comments. It's just a bunch of folks shouting into the void.
Is it just a difference in culture here? Or am I just missing all the action somehow?
@Verati404 Well, what sorts of things are you looking to talk about?
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@Verati404 @Natasha_Jay @catsalad @dgar @agturcz @cmconseils
I am @amro and am only reading this because I have a weak bladder️@amro
This is a surreal and yet strangely wonderful thread.My carry on baggage also says hi
🧸(Belinda, Millie and Ted)
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@Verati404 Well, what sorts of things are you looking to talk about?
@isocat I think I found some hashtags that work? Mostly writing, art, birds, nature stuff, random science. Roughly that order. Idk, my interests are broad overall. I wanted to find an alt to bsky in case the venture cap assholes in charge of it decide to fuck it up (more).
I like the idea of the Fediverse but it took a hot minute to understand how to get anything out of it. A bunch of lovely people in the replies to this post pointed me in the right direction, so I'm following a lot more accts.
