Hi!
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Welcome (back)! Excellent profile page art!
BTW, you didn't explicitly ask for advice, but since you mention trying before, and also that you're interested in breaking free of algorithms, I'll just give my "Step 0" Mastodon suggestion:
Go follow a bunch of hashtags. Like 30 or 40; 50 if you can.
Because there's no algorithms, but the servers have to know what to put in your timeline. There's lots of ways, but hashtags are an excellent start. Have fun!
@jztusk I’ll up my hashtag game! Thanks for the tip!
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@imaginaryuncle
o hai! Nice to see some more teachers around here. I had to try a few times myself before I got comfortable, but now I really like hanging out here.@cmyrland hello fellow teacher! Are there many of us around?
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@imaginaryuncle Welcome! Nice project of read around the world.
Where have you read around the world to date?@ericmpaq I’m at country 92 now! So too many to list. I just finished my book from Moldova and started Sri Lanka today.
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Hi! I’m new here. I’ve tried Mastodon a couple times but maybe third time’s the charm! I have become increasingly disillusioned by mainstream social media and I’m searching for ways to connect with other people outside of an algorithm.
I teach high school English and I read a lot. Currently at book 92 of a read around the world project. I was a teen in the 90s and still trying to keep my grunge phase alive. I love art and film too.
Hope to meet some likeminded people!
hello fellow Grunger.
I went through both a grunge and a goth phase. I think there are lots of us here in that age range with I bet similar interests. Hope this time it works out.
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@imaginaryuncle if you like to read you can follow the #BooksofMastodon tag… Welcome
@cpontvieux I will! Thank you!
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Hi! I’m new here. I’ve tried Mastodon a couple times but maybe third time’s the charm! I have become increasingly disillusioned by mainstream social media and I’m searching for ways to connect with other people outside of an algorithm.
I teach high school English and I read a lot. Currently at book 92 of a read around the world project. I was a teen in the 90s and still trying to keep my grunge phase alive. I love art and film too.
Hope to meet some likeminded people!
@imaginaryuncle We’ve reached critical mass.
Welcome (back)! What are your most memorable books so far and which places do you still need titles from? -
Hi! I’m new here. I’ve tried Mastodon a couple times but maybe third time’s the charm! I have become increasingly disillusioned by mainstream social media and I’m searching for ways to connect with other people outside of an algorithm.
I teach high school English and I read a lot. Currently at book 92 of a read around the world project. I was a teen in the 90s and still trying to keep my grunge phase alive. I love art and film too.
Hope to meet some likeminded people!
@imaginaryuncle welcome aboard!
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Hi! I’m new here. I’ve tried Mastodon a couple times but maybe third time’s the charm! I have become increasingly disillusioned by mainstream social media and I’m searching for ways to connect with other people outside of an algorithm.
I teach high school English and I read a lot. Currently at book 92 of a read around the world project. I was a teen in the 90s and still trying to keep my grunge phase alive. I love art and film too.
Hope to meet some likeminded people!
@imaginaryuncle welcome
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@imaginaryuncle my two cents on how Mastodon became fun for me...
Once I started talking to strangers (i.e. being comfortable jumping into conversations with people I hadn't interacted with before), it started being super fun. People here have generally been super nice and interesting, and for the few who aren't, or who push my buttons one too many times, the controls for what I see are amazing.
So I guess what I'm saying is, talk to people, and if they suck, feel free to block a bitch.
@alisynthesis great advice! And a really good reminder for someone who’s an introvert too! Thanks!
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@imaginaryuncle hi Liz, welcome! My only advice is to follow a bunch of very random people and then scale back. There’s no algorithm so you have to do more work to find people, but also there’s no algorithm so you don’t have to endure rubbish from people you don’t follow
hashtags are also big here and it’s possible to follow a hashtag rather than a person. That’s a pretty good way to find people.@acf following hashtags first is a great tip especially because I don’t know anyone in real life who uses Mastodon too.
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@imaginaryuncle Welcome to the the fedihood Liz.
@Prometheus aww thanks! And what a joyful pic!
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@imaginaryuncle I love that you have a Currently Reading section in your profile! Great idea.
And welcome back!
@alisynthesis thanks! I saw it on someone’s profile and thought it was so clever!
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@imaginaryuncle Hello Liz! I hope you’ll like your new instance and stick this time around.
@Sylvhem everyone’s been so friendly this time! I love it!
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@imaginaryuncle welcome back ! I hope you'll find it warmer thistime.
@orange_lux I have! This is really great!
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@imaginaryuncle Since this is your third time on Mastodon, I'll say welcome, welcome and welcome.
@DavidGoldfield thank you, thank you, thank you!
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@steven_ovadia good tip! I hope I won’t encounter as many annoying people as on other platforms!
@imaginaryuncle The nice thing is you're filtering on the content and not the person. So if I talk too much about my love of pizza, you can filter those posts but still see all of my content about my love of sandwiches
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@cmyrland hello fellow teacher! Are there many of us around?
@imaginaryuncle there's a few of us hanging around, but I don't have a complete overview. I sometimes do miss the teacher community from the old Twitter days. I feel like there's not as much sharing classroom activities here, but that might just be me looking in the wrong places
@brianb and @Saltssaltgirl are two of the more active teachers in my feed, but I'm sure there are many more. Check out school related hashtags and see if you find something you like! -
@oblomov @imaginaryuncle thanks Oblomov!
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@acf following hashtags first is a great tip especially because I don’t know anyone in real life who uses Mastodon too.
@imaginaryuncle
I’m very boring but if you need a last resort, you can talk to me 
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@imaginaryuncle hi and welcome! for books and such a lot of the most used hashtag is #bookstodon which you can also follow like a user so you see updates others are posting which makes it easier to meet new people.
@jenni thank you! I’ve followed!
