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ya that's just a description of how to use twitter tho. what's better here other than there being a lot smaller of a pool to draw from?

• kstrauser 5y ago
  My personal experience has been that the most interesting people I now chat with on Mastodon either 1) left Twitter long ago, or 2) deliberately stayed away from it. For instance, if you're into infosec stuff, Mastodon is a wonderful place to be.
  • discardedrefuse 5y ago
    Is there a specific place or way to find these infosec related posts? I've bounced hard off Mastodon a couple times in the past, maybe I just don't know where to look.
    • rapnie 5y ago
      Yeah, you point out where fediverse differs from Twitter, FB and Instagram. There's no algorithm that starts pushing you in some direction based on your first interactions. Initially your personal timeline will be completely empty. You might start by choosing an instance that is more on-topic than others, like https://hackers.town https://hackers.town and discover people from the server timeline, or browsing the website. Then filter on various hashtags and see who interacts with them. Having some good people you follow you also see whose posts they boost and this will lead you to find more.
      • kstrauser 5y ago
        Upvote for hackers.town, whose t-shirt I'm wearing today.
      • discardedrefuse 5y ago
        Thanks, I really appreciate the info!