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   DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 00:19:13 JST DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

   "bluesky has starter packs. ergo, the fediverse needs starter packs."

   we had the means for decentralized account recommendation in mastodon years and years ago. you could feature other accounts on your profile. like a blog roll.

   of course, I think it's been completely eliminated from the actual profile page anymore.

   and we've had folks - curators - maintaining a few different directories of folk who wanted to be found associated with the topics they wanted to be found under for many many years as well.

   fuck if I understand why we feel compelled to chase someone else's marketingspeak at every opportunity.

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     DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab (djsundog@toot-lab.reclaim.technology)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 00:22:50 JST DJ Sundog - from the toot-lab

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     frankly this is why there's a strong culture of encouraging folk to post a tagged introduction post when joining many many fediverse servers, to both, well, introduce someone to their neighborhood but also to create opportunity for folk to recommend connections they see between the new person and their own network of connections.

     no software was implemented to support this; it's people powered, like the best bits of the networks you've most enjoyed over the years.

     see also hashtags, follow fridays, fediblock, mosstodon, etc etc etc.

     lean into people-power.

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     Shar(yna)Tran/Shark(aeopteryx) (sharksonaplane@mastodon.sandwich.net)'s status on Wednesday, 13-Nov-2024 01:19:41 JST Shar(yna)Tran/Shark(aeopteryx)

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     @djsundog The "wanted to be found" part is so important here, and something I think a lot of "FollowFriday"-style initiatives don't always think about, here and elsewhere (there's a reason I have an anti-FF line in my bio).
     I also agree with posters talking about the human factor, and this isn't something only instance admins can do. If you invite people to the fedi and they come, engage with their posts so they don't feel alone. Make a list if you need help remembering to check in.