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Do you have a moment to talk about... (lemmy.ml)
submitted 3 years ago by to c/memes@lemmy.ml
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[–] 33 points 3 years ago (17 children)

Okay, so I never used Twitter but figured I'd give Mastodon a try.
But what do you even do there? Is it just a place where you wait for specific people to shout into the void? And then what?
Also how do I even find interesting subjects or people to follow?

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  • [–] 18 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    Twitter/microblogging is a weird thing in general but you seem to have the idea. It can be useful for following events or people who write interesting things.

    Mastodon hashtags are the way to discover conversations and people to follow, they go across instances in search.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (3 children)

    Those words don't make sense to someone new to this

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Lol I totally empathize with you!

    Basically I use mastodon as a feed for entertaining shit that I can easily interact with. I follow a bunch of artists and comedians. I scroll down and am entertained. If I want to be extra nice, I leave a comment and tell the artist they are super cool. People usually reply back, which is nice!

    And because it is part of the fediverse, you can follow people from all kinds of apps! It's pretty cool :)

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago (1 child)

    If you know how to use Twitter, then you aren't "new to this".

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Sometimes it's useful following specific projects or organizations you're interested in to be notified when anything interesting is going on. In a way similar to an RSS feed I suppose

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Whats an RSS feed?

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  • [–] 2 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They are also RSS feeds by default, just append .rss to the back of the profile address and add to your feed reader. For example, to tune into Elvira Mistress of the Dark in your rss reader the link would be:

    https://universeodon.com/@TheRealElvira.rss

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  • [–] 1 point 3 years ago

    Yes?

    You can also shout into the void yourself. Eventually somebody might notice and reply.

    You can watch the local or federated timelines and if someone says something interesting you can follow them and reply. Or you if you get linked from elsewhere to a good post you can follow the author. Or you can see a list of popular hashtags (or look up a hashtag) and see posts in them, or post to them.

    What else is there supposed to be to do there?

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