I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon.
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I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik Have a look at the people on the Fediscience server, there are plenty of interesting people to follow here.

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@ombialik some other writers i know here are @OohOkayKay, @abetterjulie but some other nice people are @adhdeanasl @SRDas @the_etrain @Wallflower @vlrny @APBBlue @JustFrank @Alice @aliceamour @catsalad
also following hashtags is the best way to find people who post on subjects
@rockmastermike @ombialik I wish to make it very clear that I am a very silly person. Let there be no illusions. @OohOkayKay @abetterjulie @SRDas @the_etrain @Wallflower @vlrny @APBBlue @JustFrank @Alice @aliceamour @catsalad
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I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
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@ombialik some other writers i know here are @OohOkayKay, @abetterjulie but some other nice people are @adhdeanasl @SRDas @the_etrain @Wallflower @vlrny @APBBlue @JustFrank @Alice @aliceamour @catsalad
also following hashtags is the best way to find people who post on subjects
@rockmastermike @ombialik @OohOkayKay @abetterjulie @adhdeanasl @SRDas @the_etrain @Wallflower @APBBlue @JustFrank @Alice @aliceamour @catsalad
Also, #asstodon is full of donkeys.

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I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik follow frequently.
At first, don’t try to figure out whether they are quality or not, just follow.
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I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
Follow tags, not people.
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@rockmastermike @ombialik @OohOkayKay @abetterjulie @adhdeanasl @SRDas @the_etrain @Wallflower @APBBlue @JustFrank @Alice @aliceamour @catsalad
Also, #asstodon is full of donkeys.

@vlrny @rockmastermike @ombialik @OohOkayKay @abetterjulie @adhdeanasl @SRDas @the_etrain @APBBlue @JustFrank @Alice @aliceamour @catsalad
Does my ass look big in this post?
#asstodonSorry, low-hanging fruit.

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I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik Sciency and SciFi people I follow (in no particular order)
@futurebird
@timnitGebru
@cstross
@emilymbender
@Quenby
@brusgaard
@absolutspacegrl
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@Susan60@aus.social @ombialik@mastodon.world that's good, but in addition, my one simple bit of advice for confused noobs is to follow hashtags of their interests, which inevitably leads them to all sorts of relevant peeps & chats... as well as sometimes also to many serendipitous places
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I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik When you find people you enjoy following, check out who they are following.
And give it time. You’ll get there.
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I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik
I like to think I boost amusing people. -
I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik
For sci/scifi, in no particular order:
@adapalmer
@harriorrihar
@nnedi
@Ailantd
@futurebird
@hydropsyche -
I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik Welcome to Mastodon! Looking at your interests, a few of the folks I follow might appeal to you!
Writers/publishers @juliebozza and @petermball to begin with.
@skinnylatte has good posts; @Locusmag for SFF news.
I'm a writer too - fantasy, crime fiction (I love playing with the Holmes canon), queer romance. I'm serialising a steampunk SF Holmesian crime novel on my Patreon, if that appeals

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I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik I recommend @lilithsaintcrow
for more writers to follow.I recommend the following books:
"Spring’s Arcana"
"Roadtrip Z"
"She Wolf and Cub" -
I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik follow those hashtags you just made and here is my favorite discovery secret: install Flipboard. It will have recommendations and you can follow Flipboard accounts from here.
Oh, and try this too:
https://discover.holos.social/
And
https://sternaparadisaea.net/2023/10/04/how-to-use-mastodon/ -
I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik
Another option for finding people to follow is to check out the timelines on other servers, for example https://wandering.shop/public/local for SF&FSome of the apps (eg. Fedilab) have this as built-in functionality ("Manage timelines"), or you can do it on the web
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I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik You can follow hashtags on Masto.
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I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik Mastodon lets us follow hashtags.
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I'm still struggling to find my footing here on Mastodon. A bit with the platforms and tags, but mostly finding people to follow. I'm a bit all over the place, posting about my #writing, be it academic or fiction (mostly #SciFi), and about cool #Science I ran into, and the more common than it should be - complain about stuff.
I'm interested in #SFF, #publishing, #MiniaturePainting, science, #queer culture, academia, human sexuality, geekish humor, #comics & #EarthSci.Recommend people to me!
@ombialik Try #FollowFriday and take a lot of time and go through https://fedi.directory/