goatsarah
Dear Twitter people. Lots of us were once Twitter people too. This place will not spoon-feed you. Passive participation doesn’t work here. This is a very active and buzzing place, but unless you FOLLOW people and INTERACT, it will pass you by.
Follow people. Lots of them. You can always remove them later. But really, follow early, follow often.
goatsarah
DHeadshot's Alt
@goatsarah
Or you can hang out on the public timelines and interact with people there, then when you get into some good conversations, you know who to follow! Same goes for hashtag timelines for interests!
goatsarah
Llwynog
@goatsarah With you, the longer the better - because you always speak so much sense 😊
Avogadro's Constant
@goatsarah is Friendica a different server?
Not sure how the different servers work. How do you find people on them?
goatsarah
@AvogadrosConstant Friendica is a different platform. Mastodon is, roughly, like Twitter. Friendica is, roughly, like Facebook.
Finding people: follow people you like the look of. You will see them interact with other people. If you like the look of them, follow them too.
FiStitchWitch
@goatsarah I'm finding this place less intimidating than twitter, and easier to interact......still no clue what I'm doing though 😂
billy joe bowers-8647
This is the most important thing people aren't getting.
You know, everyone is different and really you don't have to interact with people, you don't even have to follow if you just want to post. You can do whatever you want.
What absolutely does not work is not following anyone and then complaining because nothing is happening here.
It's like locking yourself in your bedroom and crying "This is the most boring club ever!"
Tomsprints2
@goatsarah Key thing is following AND interacting. I have numerous followers for certain things who regularly like what I post, but who are really very passive otherwise. I guess that a lot of immigrees from Twitter have gotten used, over the years, to others putting on the show for them.
goatsarah
@StuffByBez Earl Grey, although of late I’ve developed quite the fancy for Yorkshire Tea.
I’m also learning Portuguese, which is very hard work, but rewarding.
And I still do some climbing-adjacent stuff: via ferrata, arborism, that kind of stuff. I just can’t do proper rock climbing because I have early onset #Dupuytrens disease.
Bez
Hello Sarah!
Other than sailing and warm weather, what are some things that bring you joy?
goatsarah
Bez
I had to look up ferrata/arborism.
They look super-exhilarating!
I'm sorry about your physical problems.
Enjoy Portugal! 🙂
Mike Taylor 🦕
@goatsarah Corollary: feel free also to UNfollow early and often. Following is not lifetime commitment or a promise of friendship, it's just wanting to see someone's messages.
For example, I love @doctorow's writing, but unfollowed him when it became apparent there was just too much of it, and it was overwhelming my timeline. It's all good.
Mai :fatpikachu:
@goatsarah thank you sarah ill follow you. I am open to new friends
goatsarah
dantose :unverified:
@goatsarah
I do kind of wish there was a functional "discover" type feed though. Or even just the option of subscribing to an instance
Catherine Berry
Also, boost early, boost often. Boosts drive others' discovery.
Silvercloudfox
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