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   Joe (joe@social.joebaldwin.me.uk)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 19:10:59 JST Joe
   It's amazing really how dropping Meta social platforms did basically just kill any social engagement with anyone I know IRL besides a group chat on Discord, and there's not really a good way around that. Like the idea of telling my mum to go on Bluesky or (Jesus NO) Mastodon is hilarious to me.
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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 19:10:48 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     @joe how to speedrun getting blocked? 😬😂

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     Joe (joe@social.joebaldwin.me.uk)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 19:10:55 JST Joe

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     Guess I should put some #hashtags on this so #literally #any #person #ever will see this on this #algorithm-less #nowheresville of a “#social” “#network”! #Mastodon #fedi #boring #meta #Facebook #Fedimeta #akkoma #pleroma #ennui #hashtag #tedium #hashtags #thecontentdiscoveryonfedisucks #youlljustgetboredandleave #peoplehavecomplainedaboutthisforyearsandabunchofdebianhumpingboreswillneverletitbefixed #why #do #I #bother #running #this #I #knew #it #would #be #dull

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     Joe (joe@social.joebaldwin.me.uk)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 19:10:57 JST Joe

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     For what it's worth, this place is at least more active for me than Mastodon. Literally everything I post on there is also over there and the last sign of any interaction I had there was over three weeks ago. It's an absolute ghost town.
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     Joe (joe@social.joebaldwin.me.uk)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 19:10:57 JST Joe

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     Which is especially annoying since the idea for that was to be like a "priv" account but a) none of the people I would want to post priv stuff to are there and b) it sucks.
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     Joe (joe@social.joebaldwin.me.uk)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 19:10:58 JST Joe

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     I'm still not going to use them again, because Zuck can gargle my fluids, but Christ, Facebook really was quite good for "posting things I want to tell/show this specific group of people I know in real life and absolutely nobody else".
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     BeAware :fediverse: (beaware@social.beaware.live)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 19:17:28 JST BeAware :fediverse:

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     @joe well...couple things....

     You're on your own instance and have follow requests on and tell people not to follow you. Fediverse works by follow relationships for the most part. If nobody follows you, your posts don't go very far. I'm actually surprised your post reached me.

     Also, you only have 13 posts in your month and a half of being here.

     It's still social media. You'll have to post a bit more than that and hope a few of them catches on. Not all posts will be seen, liked, or boosted.

     And I'm sure you figured out that you should use hashtags, but don't abuse them. Use them like little categories for your posts. If I'm talking about Fediverse or Mastodon directly, I use those tags, for example.

     Hope these tips could help.🤷♂️

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     Joe (joe@social.joebaldwin.me.uk)'s status on Friday, 14-Feb-2025 19:17:29 JST Joe

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     @BeAware I mean already nobody responds to my posts or talks to me on here (you are, literally, my first notification in three weeks) so I may as well be blocked anyway lol