folks gonna be so honest, i have no clue who to follow on here or how to use it.

[independentpen@mas.to]

@lumakestuff tag your post "introduction" to get a headstart meeting people! You're in the right place

[abmurrow@hachyderm.io]

@lumakestuff

Game dev?

The following are some foundational game devs here and, stux even runs a Pixelfed instance for photography! Check it out.

@aeva
@eniko
@stux

Note that aeva and eniko are both on gamedev.place. Its a whole instance set up for game devs! I'd encourage you to check that out or anyone who is on that server. You're on a pretty big public instance, so you're going to get conversation from all sorts. Make sure to use your filters and follows so you can build your feed the way you like! Mastodon.social can be a little overwhelming without tools to help you focus.

Mastodon has a concept of interest group instances where a bunch of people with a similar background get together. And they talk about more than just gamedev or whatnot! But that's a sort of thread behind all the users there.

If you ever have a mind to migrate your account, keep an eye on where users you like and trust tend to hang out, that's usually a good sign that the place where they hang out is cool Plus the smaller instances are a little more chill, and you can still read about what is happening in the big servers. This part does take some getting used to. Feel free to explore though!

@jerry is another fedi admin who does a lot of photography, so he's a solid follow.

[liveoutloud@mastodon.online]

@lumakestuff

Hi Lu! Couple of photography-related hashtags you might enjoy while finding your follows:

#FensterFreitag (Windows Friday)
#SilentSunday

[andrew773@mastodon.online]

@lumakestuff I don't know if that's me but hi anyway.

[valpackett@social.treehouse.systems]

@lumakestuff hi! i post photography at @valpackett@luzeed.org i guess!

[lumi@snug.moe]

@lumakestuff meow! :3 i code but i don't do much gamedev these days. am silly goose

[anolandria@mastodon.social]

@lumakestuff Hi! ️

[dfx4509b@mas.to]

@lumakestuff Yo.

And yeah, I mainly like to draw cute stuff whenever I feel like making anything, and my pinned post goes over what I'm all about.

https://mas.to/@dfx4509b/116993921358793562

[daemonspudguy@app.wafrn.net]

@lumakestuff@mastodon.social

Hi. I post nonsense so I guess that's a silly people?

[aurora@zirk.us]

@lumakestuff Hi, you may want to take a look at #ScribesAndMakers, #LiveMakeShare and #MakersHour. If you follow these hashtags your timeline may fill with a lot of posts by people and accounts sharing your interests. Also you're welcome to join in their daily questions anytime, lots of good folk around there.

[bandywillow@mastoart.social]

@lumakestuff Hi Lu - I think I match your description (welcome!)

[crabtheartist@toot.garden]

@lumakestuff Hi welcome to the the fediverse as a whole and mastodon! I am linux artist but unfortunately I do not post often due to not having much time but I would highly recommend everything @FediTips posts because they give really helpful advice and links on how to use mastodon! Ofc I would recommend their hashtags post because some hashtags and quite literally not their actual name so be warned! But again welcome and I hope you manage to find a fun community here!

[braininabowl@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@lumakestuff Welcome!

[donchacale@mastodon.social]

@lumakestuff
wilkommen

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@lumakestuff

none of those things

just boosting for more exposure for you

welcome!

[moskitokoenig@dizl.de]

@lumakestuff Hi Lu 🫶
Maybe it helps to follow hashtags of things that you‘re interested in. That‘s a huge advantage that you can follow hashtags here.
I‘m in rush right now, but there are lots of photographers and artists here.
Give it some time though, but in my meanwhile several years here I really grew to love the Fedi and its (mostly) friendly nature.

[perrin42@mastodon.social]

@lumakestuff

Follow hashtags first. That will help you find people to follow.

[sadedoes@fedi.kcore.org]

@lumakestuff you may want to follow the hashtags you have mentioned and things like #fediArt or #Photography to find people thst post those items and then follow them

[truenorthspice@mastodon.world]

@dgar @lumakestuff

I was going to suggest following @dgar for humour but there you go....introduction was unnecessary

[grepe@ieji.de]

@lumakestuff for photography try browsing local feeds on larger pixelfed instances and tags like #monochromemonday , #believeinfilm or #silentsunday