How to Mastodon?
How to Mastodon?
cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/57826258
Hello fellow Europeans!
I have already swapped like 95% of all of my american applications to European alternstives (all besides YouTube). However, I have a question…: What the heck is happening on Mastodon?
a) there are a few people there (even in comparison to Lemmy it is just microscopic
b) seems like Mastodon has never seen Any moderation: even though I followed politics-related people/organisations, Mastodon was, almost, bombarding me with unmarked and VERY unwanted NSFW content. Why?
So the question is: how to deal with Mastodon? Is it only me? It would be very nice to get back there and make theiving conversations and threads like here on Lemmy.
Vive l’Europe, Vesi
I'm bit surprised that no one talked about this yet. What you are experiencing is "not having an algorithm."
To start out forget about the federated and the local timeline. You have to build your own. What you want to do is find hashtags (!) and users to follow.
- There is a list of trending hashtags you can consult
- There is this neat tool: https://mastogizmos.com/hh.html
- Check and follow this account: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediFollows
- Follow this Hashtag: #FollowFriday
Would you like to post a little summary on how to X-scape? Like a litte post with your experience on server selection and content discovery?
there are a few people there (even in comparison to Lemmy it is just microscopic
Mastodon has like 20x the monthly active users.
Have a look at https://fedi.tips/, which is Mastodon focused.
Mastodon was, almost, bombarding me with unmarked and VERY unwanted NSFW content. Why?
Sounds like you have the firehose on. If you're feed is set to 'federated' that means you're getting everything from everywhere. Double check and switch to Local (your instance) or Home (just your subscriptions).
"there are a few people there"
Even if you have a Mastodon account yourself, the content and contacts are not limited to Mastodon.
You are connected to a large part of the Fediverse from Mastodon and so you can i.e. also comment in Lemmy threads or send content to Lemmy.
Personally, however, I didn't get on so well with Mastodon because I found the structure confusing and also missed some functions. I therefore moved my Mastodon account to Sharkey and have also been using Friendica for a long time. It also has a better thread structure and many more functions.
Curious myself.
I've done reddit and Twitter, going for lemmy and bluesky.
Currently working on removing all my META connections so i can nuke that account to, and mastodon and pixelfy will surely follow.
For messaging i'm probably going for signal, being a long time user i'm probably just going to take a stand on whatsapp, if people want to message me, either move to signal or use SMS.
@Gigameister
Bluesky over mastodon or pleroma?
@vesi @ueeumore like mastodon and lemmy, maybe bluesky, over META and reddit.
I don't think i've looked at pleroma.
Use Threema. It is a safer option. And it it European. 5€ is the price of freedom here. It is less than one good chockolade!
The problem with the messaging apps is adoption as far as i can tell, and it'll be a cold day in hell before you can get someone to change from a free, easy to get option to something paid.
I will look into it though, as i am looking for a substitute on android for the normal SMS/messaging app, maybe threema has the desired functions.
@vesi @Gigameister Definitely a good choice.
LOL, just last week had a message there from someone that while everyone was moving to Signal I was already at the next stage. Well, obviously he and family members also were. I've had Threema for many years already without any contacts.But, Signal is still my first choice, and actually this is the only US based organisation I very well trust.
Also, if they get some issue in the US, they could very well relocate the foundation and servers.
@Gigameister @vesi You're planning to leave Mastodon?
Well, don't let the door hit you on the way out.
Hi, this all comes down to the instance of your choosing and the people and hashtags you are following. I had a very positive experience from the get go.
There are lots of highly moderated servers, because of regulations and possible illegal contents. As the personal timeline is only filled with content of your choice, there shouldn’t be much problems.
You can spice you timeline up with a trendingbot or with starter packs: https://fedidevs.com/starter-packs/
