@thenexusofprivacy @[email protected] @[email protected] what is terrible about mastodon.social? I don’t have one particular overriding primary interest, so why not join a generic instance?
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@daveley Great question. A rew reasons:
- mastodon.social's so big that the Local and Federated timelines aren't very useful.
- smaller instances (even if they're not special-interest focused) are more likely to have a good community.
- many other instances have "silenced" mastodon.social (because of its long history of moderation issues -- or just because of the volume), so people on other instances are less likely to connect with you.
All that being said, I wasn't trying to say that mastodon.social was terrible - it's the advice that's horrible. It's just that for most people it's not the best place to start.
@thenexusofprivacy @daveley @[email protected] @[email protected] also you don't need to have an overriding interest to join a place, like mastodon.art isn't just all art all the time. I don't post about computer stuff super often I'm just at home with computery people. There's a few good Canadian instances for example that may just put you a bit closer to "your community" than a giant global dogpile