Hey my peeps - what Masto instance would you recommend for a queer visual artist trying out the Fediverse and looking for a community?
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@gairdeachas mastodon.art
@cairobraga @gairdeachas Seconding this. Not only because it's art-focused and queer-friendly. It's also the goldilocks zone of firm moderation and large community. Smaller instances are great, but when you're starting out and there's nothing on your home feed, you rely on that local feed, and smaller instances can be offputtingly quiet.
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@cairobraga @gairdeachas Seconding this. Not only because it's art-focused and queer-friendly. It's also the goldilocks zone of firm moderation and large community. Smaller instances are great, but when you're starting out and there's nothing on your home feed, you rely on that local feed, and smaller instances can be offputtingly quiet.
@pentup @gairdeachas it's more than queer-friendly, it's queer-led, and it's radical in its community care and policies, which is amazing.
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Hey my peeps - what Masto instance would you recommend for a queer visual artist trying out the Fediverse and looking for a community?
What accounts / hash tags would you recommend they follow to get started?
My logo designer is not enamored with what traditional social media has become and interested in trying out the Fediverse and I'm hoping to set him up for success.
UPDATE: got several good suggestions, thank you Masto fam!
@gairdeachas Mastodon.art is my recommendation for an instance!
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@gairdeachas mastodon.art
@cairobraga @gairdeachas a lot of queer folks block mastodon.art because it's admin has relentlessly harassed queer people, so I would not recommend anyone open an account there if they care about reaching queer people.
Your friend should peruse through these local timelines and check whether one has vibes they prefer:
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@cairobraga @gairdeachas a lot of queer folks block mastodon.art because it's admin has relentlessly harassed queer people, so I would not recommend anyone open an account there if they care about reaching queer people.
Your friend should peruse through these local timelines and check whether one has vibes they prefer:
@quinze @gairdeachas what's this relentless harassment you talk about? does this have to do with them calling out queer people for being racist?
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Hey my peeps - what Masto instance would you recommend for a queer visual artist trying out the Fediverse and looking for a community?
What accounts / hash tags would you recommend they follow to get started?
My logo designer is not enamored with what traditional social media has become and interested in trying out the Fediverse and I'm hoping to set him up for success.
UPDATE: got several good suggestions, thank you Masto fam!
@gairdeachas I don't know if the instance is open or not, and it may be more writer-focused, but I feel like everytime I see someone on wandering.shop, I nod and go, "Ah, yes, good people on that instance."
There was also a really cool tool that ... @stefan (?? maybe??) wrote that gives people a bunch of pre-built links for getting onto fedi for the first time. Would recommend that as an adjacent helper.
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@gairdeachas I don't know if the instance is open or not, and it may be more writer-focused, but I feel like everytime I see someone on wandering.shop, I nod and go, "Ah, yes, good people on that instance."
There was also a really cool tool that ... @stefan (?? maybe??) wrote that gives people a bunch of pre-built links for getting onto fedi for the first time. Would recommend that as an adjacent helper.
@gairdeachas Also, I can highly recommend my instance (social.coop) as a good multi-purpose instance. It does have dues, so that may be a factor. But it's incredibly well-moderated, mid-sized (so you get an active feed), and is a co-op (which is just cool :).
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@gairdeachas I don't know if the instance is open or not, and it may be more writer-focused, but I feel like everytime I see someone on wandering.shop, I nod and go, "Ah, yes, good people on that instance."
There was also a really cool tool that ... @stefan (?? maybe??) wrote that gives people a bunch of pre-built links for getting onto fedi for the first time. Would recommend that as an adjacent helper.
@jonobie Yes, thank you for tagging me!
@gairdeachas Hi! I don't necessarily have a good answer to your original question, but if you do find a good community, this might be useful:
Easy to customize: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-invitation/
Hope this is useful!
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@gairdeachas mastodon.art
@cairobraga @gairdeachas another vote for @mastodon.art If I ever need to move instances that's where I'd go. It's full of wonderful artists and art enjoyers. A very well moderated, safe space for queer, neurospicy and other marginalised folks, strongly antifascist and anti-racist.
Also they're generally whimsical, fun, folk.
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@jonobie Yes, thank you for tagging me!
@gairdeachas Hi! I don't necessarily have a good answer to your original question, but if you do find a good community, this might be useful:
Easy to customize: https://stefanbohacek.com/project/fediverse-invitation/
Hope this is useful!
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Hey my peeps - what Masto instance would you recommend for a queer visual artist trying out the Fediverse and looking for a community?
What accounts / hash tags would you recommend they follow to get started?
My logo designer is not enamored with what traditional social media has become and interested in trying out the Fediverse and I'm hoping to set him up for success.
UPDATE: got several good suggestions, thank you Masto fam!
@gairdeachas I have no server recommendation but if you look for help, follow @FediTips and their great guide https://fedi.tips which also collects the most well-known hashtags. The guide explains well the possibilities and how everything works on Mastodon.
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@gairdeachas I have no server recommendation but if you look for help, follow @FediTips and their great guide https://fedi.tips which also collects the most well-known hashtags. The guide explains well the possibilities and how everything works on Mastodon.
Thank you for the recommendation Petra
Casey, if you want a human-curated easy-to-use way of discovering reliable instances try https://fedi.garden
