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Nittersing

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13. I think I'm settling in at Mastodon
Thu Jul 20, 2023, 02:27 PM
Jul 2023

But it's become a very different experience from Twitter. I went looking for journalist and political types, many of who set up accounts at the initial burst, but have not become active at all. The only exception I've found is Teri Kanefield. @Teri_Kanefield@law-and-politics.online She created her own instance.

But, with my new-found interest in learning watercolor painting, I discovered a HUGE community of artists sharing their work and offering encouragement to each other.

My Mastodon feed, basically, has to be curated. There are no algorithms pushing an agenda or click-baits links. You have to actively search for the content you want, find people and account you want to follow... it probably took me about 3 months to finally start seeing some content on my home feed that was interesting to me.

Not a fan of Threads because of all the tracking.... Mastodon doesn't track your activity.

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