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How do people figure out what new people to follow on here.... at this point I've relied solely on
-recommendations from @silverwizard
-people who followed me
in reply to Becky

Maybe @silverwizard doesn't do it enough, but reshares are helpful to find more people to follow.
in reply to Hypolite Petovan

Also on #Friendica likes from your follow can show the liked post in your own timeline given the proper setting.
in reply to Hypolite Petovan

That's decent advice, I think maybe I should follow people who show up on my tl a lot too 😅
in reply to silverwizard

Wasn't your advice add people en mass and then remove people who don't fit?
in reply to Becky

This is absolutely awful advice for someone who's socially anxious on social media.
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Becky
Might participate anyway tho 😊, thanks!
in reply to Becky

"they" say you can follow your local timeline and also follow hashtags you are interested in and check out folks who make posts that interest you. That's usually how I do it.
in reply to Jonathan

I should figure out following hashtags! That's a great idea 😊, thanks!
in reply to Becky

On this page: convenient.email/search?tag=ph… click either the "Follow" link (on vier) or the Plus button (on frio).
in reply to Hypolite Petovan

Thanks! Can I just switch out the word photography for other cool topics too?
in reply to Becky

Have you never used hashtags links before? It's a straightforward way of finding related content, however it requires people to have some discipline tagging their posts.
in reply to Hypolite Petovan

No, but I don't have a lot on my feed with tags
in reply to Jonathan

Part of it (a large part) is that she's on an instance of 4 people).

She's also on friendica where we have Community timeline and various forms of your follows. But her Community tab is all hackers because her instance is mostly me.

in reply to silverwizard

Ha! Yeah, for the Local timeline to work well, you need to find an instance that shares some of your passions. Luckily, it seems to be easy enough to change your "home" instance. And this site helps pick one:

instances.social/

in reply to Jonathan

I appreciate that! Although, I am inclined to stay where I am... @silverwizard is my partner so I trust him as my admin more than anyone :)
in reply to Becky

ha! Good point 😀 Luckily, there are plenty of ways to find interesting content on Mastodon
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