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Tequilx_Wolf wrote on January 10, 2022 at 2:14 AM

How do you find Mastodon?

I don't know why but I've never taken the time to figure it out. The tiny learning curve at the beginning has been prohibitive.

TheNerdyAnarchist OP wrote on January 10, 2022 at 2:21 AM

It's really not terribly different from Twitter. I think what gets people is the whole "finding a homeserver/instance" thing...there's also a lot of shitposting to dig through at first when you look at the "Federated" timeline (if you're like me, and that just isn't your thing)

Basically you have 3 timelines: Personal, Local, and Federated

Personal: Just the people you've specifically chosen to follow

Local: Just the people who use the same instance as you

Federated: Kinda like a global TL, minus any instances that your own has blocked (e.g. most instances have blocked nazi instances, gab, etc.)

Tequilx_Wolf wrote on January 10, 2022 at 2:28 AM

Thanks that actually elucidates some things! Maybe one of these days I'll get on there :)

TheNerdyAnarchist OP wrote on January 10, 2022 at 2:34 AM

I told thembo the same thing:

A couple specifically anarchist instances I know of: kolectiva.social, and anarchism.space (currently invite only)

tuesday wrote on January 10, 2022 at 2:15 AM

When FB started to shut down anarchist pages and shit there was a person who modded a group with me who was constantly pushing us to move to mastodon. I was never really able to figure out how to not be out in the public stream which is not often in a language I can read mixed in with random social media posts about regular stuff? I am very confused by it.

TheNerdyAnarchist OP wrote on January 10, 2022 at 2:25 AM (edited on January 10, 2022 at 2:27 AM)

The "hardest" parts are finding an instance and then blocking out some of the shitpost noise (which, to some, isn't an issue)

Like I said above to Tequila:

Basically you have 3 timelines: Personal, Local, and Federated

Personal: Just the people you've specifically chosen to follow

Local: Just the people who use the same instance as you

Federated: Kinda like a global TL, minus any instances that your own has blocked (e.g. most instances have blocked nazi instances, gab, etc.)

Here's a page to help you find an instance that suits you: https://joinmastodon.org/communities

Edit: A couple specifically anarchist instances I know of: kolectiva.social, and anarchism.space (currently invite only)

moonlune wrote on January 10, 2022 at 2:34 AM

I'm on ni.hil.ist

lettuceLeafer wrote on January 10, 2022 at 2:38 AM

Ni.hil.ist is the bomb

NOISEBOB wrote on January 10, 2022 at 10:49 AM

Todol.nl/todon.eu are good...

existential1 wrote on January 10, 2022 at 10:44 PM

I have an account on .nl that I haven't logged into in a couple years at least. That's what Mastadon is to me...the "once every few years for a month or so" site.