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Done with Twitter and Reddit (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by Griff0@lemmy.world to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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I have been on the edge with twitter and reddit for a while and I have finally deleted my accounts that I have had for a very long time there. They are no longer the places I used to know, even more so with twitter. I am ready for my new time here and on mastodon.

Hello Lemmy

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[-] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 210 points 1 year ago

Hello to the Fediverse! Hopefully you can also enjoy the rest of the sites such as Kbin, Pixelfed, Peertube, Owncast and Misskey - there's plenty to choose from!

[-] Hikiru@lemmy.world 115 points 1 year ago

I’ve checked a few instances of federated YouTube alternatives and just… no. Most of the content is right wing guys looking for a place to spread hate they can’t elsewhere. The type of people that watch Andrew Tate and Admin Ross. Lemmy is Great though, mastodon seems a little boring compared to twitter. The fix to that would be Elon fucking up enough that the very change averse average internet user would be willing to try mastodon.

[-] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 53 points 1 year ago

Mastodon gets better when you start following people by hashtag.

Account Settings > Profile > Featured Hashtags

Populate that area with hashtags of what interests you. Pretty soon you have people popping up that share your interests and you follow those that seem interesting.

[-] hemmes@vlemmy.net 24 points 1 year ago

OMG I love Mastodon and my instance (mas.to). Left Twitter for Mas about 8 months ago - I love following hashtags even more than people. There’s some great gems to follow though. For both Twitter, and now Reddit, I left for Fedi and just never went back. Facebook was another cold turkey quitting, no alternative for that one, that was years ago now.

[-] TheChancePants@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

What I find when I follow tags is that my feed is now totally flooded with hundreds of new toots every time I log in - how do you deal with this? It’s way too much for me to ever go through and get anything meaningful out of it.

[-] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Follow a few interesting people based on a tag, perhaps by number of favorites / boosts, and then remove that tag.

You can always add it back in later.

[-] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 3 points 1 year ago

Lists are your friend! Not sure if Mastodon can do it, but on Pleroma/Akkoma you can add users to a list without adding them to your main followed list.

[-] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 21 points 1 year ago

That's because you haven't found The Good Ones ™ such as TILVids

[-] Marxine@lemmy.world 16 points 1 year ago

Nick from The Linux Experiment is there, nice surprise! Gonna give it a try, the videos I saw on the front page seem cool.

[-] Interstellar_1@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Really? I can't find his channel

[-] RooRLoord420@lemmy.world 19 points 1 year ago

I think the thing that may finally drive people off the platform may be the limitation on viewing posts. Busy days, I'm not likely to hit the limit - big news day? Yeah, going to hit the limit pretty fucking fast.

[-] ellesper@lemmy.world 14 points 1 year ago

Yeah- this is my big gripe with all of the alternative video sharing platforms. All of them have a significantly right-wing conspiracy theorist bias. Not really a place I see myself spending a lot of time, personally.