Much on a user's experience depends on the instance they live in. I am very happy I selected Qoto as my first one -- based on the small amount of info displayed about each in the joinmastodon.org pages.
Turned out well, and I am still here, active and putting time, effort and love into this. But I have also kept an open eye, curiosity and have been exploring, scouting on the vastness of fedi.
There's more, lots more, and I enjoy the discovery as much as going for long walks in an European city for the first time.
No maps is my usual approach, serendipity is lovely. I end up tired but so satisfied with the experiences I find.
Mastodon.social is the Twitter of mastoworld.
If I had joined there as my first instance, I wouldn't have stayed for 3 days even, I imagine.
I do have an account there, and there's a purpose for it -- but it's minimal in the day to day operations for me.
#FediReporter on the beat, #rgxJournal logged.
@realcaseyrollins @design_RG @hansw
Hi Casey,
That is exactly what you talked to me about a while back.
I realize actually I am not using the public timelines at all. Maybe a good thing for me.
I can get to know people slowly thus the quality prevails on quantity.
Yes that is what I heard about Mastodon.social. I actually think you mentioned it @design_RG yourself.
So for so many reason, I understand that this is not the place I'd like to go.
Smaller ones suits me best. And I know that I won't go there.
Thanks to the *extensive* fedireports that you made Yann, I feel we can find our way.
Btw, it was weird but the morning I searched #nomad and I got some weird toots with some porn too...
>> Thanks to the *extensive* fedireports that you made Yann, I feel we can find our way.
And on that sense, I drop a mention to my most popular Blog page so far -- take a look when you have a chance, or bookmark it. There is a section in the second part where I review and describe some of the instances I had accounts at the time. mastodon.social is included.
https://write.tedomum.net/rgx/is-it-important-which-instance-you-are-in
#FediReporter again!
@design_RG @hansw @globcoco Yeah; for me, joining an instance with a good community, finding good locals to follow, and following people who engage with them has helped keep my timeline busy without a whole bunch of unwanted content like porn popping in my feeds. I very rarely use the Public Timelines anymore, save at night when I'm looking for new users who are across the globe.