Just made a Mastodon account!

[danno48@mastodon.social]

@jacadamia @pluralistic Bonjour . You're Welcome

[bookworks@c.im]

@jacadamia @pluralistic So you did! Welcome. . I’m reading it now. But I’m a Novemberist.

[benroyce@mastodon.social]

@jacadamia @pluralistic

welcome!

[jozeldenrust@social.sdfeu.org]

@jacadamia

Hi and welcome!

A lot of people who are new to the Fediverse find the initial experience rather sparse, which might turn them off, and that's not entirely unreasonable.

It helps to follow a lot of accounts, but slightly less obvious is that you can follow #HashTags as well. That will populate your feed with any post that uses any of the hash tags you follow, and is a great way to discover people who post about things you care about.

#SelfReferentialHashTags

[stevefoerster@social.vivaldi.net]

@jacadamia @pluralistic Welcome! The best thing for new people to do is just follow anyone who says anything even remotely interesting at first. You can always unfollow again later if it was a fluke.

[ukeleleeric@mstdn.social]

@jacadamia @pluralistic welcome. Just follow a few hashtags for things you're interested in (or even don't know anything about). No algorithm here - people only see what their friends boost in chronological order. Boost anything you want others to see, thumbs up to say a thank you to the person who posted it. Block the occasional idiot (there aren't many) and mute the ones who post too much for you.

[pwloftus@pwl.farted.net]

@jacadamia @pluralistic Hi! Enjoy yourself, find what you like, follow your interests.

It might take a little longer to curate your feed, if migrating from elsewhere, but it's your feed to decide.

[jacadamia@mastodon.social]

@MHowell only Enshittification as of right now

[bob@beamship.mpaq.org]

@jacadamia @pluralistic Welcome to the NON corprite world!!!

[archivescribe@mastodon.social]

@jacadamia @pluralistic Welcome to Mastodon! It is a great place to be. I hope you enjoy it here!

[jackwilliambell@rustedneuron.com]

@jacadamia @pluralistic

Welcome. Here's the rules:

1. You can easily block people, just view their profile and click the hamburger menu on the right – use it freely and often

2. Following people is easy too, as is unfollowing them – do it freely and often

3. Most people start on mastodon.social, but you'll probably have a better time if you find a smaller instance full of people you like and switch to it

4. You must add alt-text to images

5. Actually, I'm lying – there are no rules

[michelangela@norden.social]

@jacadamia @pluralistic
Hello, welcome!

[nicelymanifest@mastodon.social]

@jacadamia @pluralistic Have been here a few months. Share craft and political thoughts. Seems largely ego and corps free ...

[weirdaholic@snowmans.land]

@jacadamia @pluralistic Lol, I saw some of your stuff on YouTube. Welcome!

[vanzick@mastodon.social]

@jacadamia @pluralistic welcome!! It’s a great time to join ️

[gilraen79@mastodon.social]

@jacadamia @pluralistic welcome to the Fediverse!

[litblogkoeb@bonn.social]

@jacadamia @pluralistic welcome

[darkwolf@hear-me.social]

@jacadamia welcome aboard! I'm also a BlueSky refugee. I love it here, and I'm sure you will too!

[joki@freiburg.social]

@jacadamia

Welcome to the Fediverse. I wish you a lot of fun

@pluralistic

[ronaldvaneunen@mastodon.social]

@jacadamia welcome!