Who should I be following in the Fediverse?

[leavex@mastodon.social]

@GigaByte4711 if I tried a VPN server in Japan, it worked. Germany and Canada, it doesn't work for me.

[andycarolan@social.lol]

@sysop408 thanks for the mention! @sarajw @poppacalypse @chrispian @heyJTK @shaundai @shookcodes

[florian@oc.todon.fr]

@tylerlwsmith

@godotengine for game dev
@gamingonlinux for news about playing games on linux

[feditips@social.growyourown.services]

@tylerlwsmith

In case this is useful, here's a list of all the different ways to discover people to follow on here: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends

[themightygit@mstdn.social]

@tylerlwsmith it's prob been mentioned but - follow hashtags, lots of hashtags. Coming from twitter you'll be reluctant to, as I was, but it's glorious!

[gigabyte4711@whitespashe.uk]

@leavex

Might be worth pinging one of the admins about it being unavailable there:

@alex
@Mayana
@carbontwelve
@austin

[drgroftehauge@sigmoid.social]

@tylerlwsmith Just look at the local timelines from hachyderm, gamedev.lgbt and tech.lgbt

[ivor@social.ivor.org]

@tylerlwsmith @eniko for lots of reasons.

[eniko@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@ivor @tylerlwsmith should i boost this post? you might get a lot more replies than you bargained for >_>

[alice@beige.party]

@alice@lgbtqia.space @tylerlwsmith @catsalad @deviantollam @dramypsyd @skeletor I was about to pop in and be like "I think someone tagged the wrong Alice" but then I realized that the person who tagged me is the right Alice who also happens to be my favorite Alice!

[agowa338@chaos.social]

@tylerlwsmith

As you're not on a self-hosted instance all by yourself you could have a look at your instances "Trending" or "Live feed" timeline. And there you've "This server" as well as "All" [all that are federated with your instance] and "Other servers" (which is the same as all but without everything that is also in "This server").

Then follow everyone that posts about things you like. That's basically it

Oh and you can also follow hashtags. You may also check those out, too.

[ivor@social.ivor.org]

@eniko @tylerlwsmith .... Incoming replies.....

[eclectech@things.uk]

@silvermoon82 Aw, thanks

[denny@boing.world]

@tylerlwsmith I enjoy reading stuff from @kevlin (active) and @davefarley77 (dormant), and will add my voice to those recommending you also follow some interesting hashtags - which will in turn lead you to discover more new interesting people.

[fnordius@muenchen.social]

@tylerlwsmith i find it useful to follow super-boosters like @lisamelton for a while, and look at who they boost. There will be some there that you may find interesting enough to follow yourself.

[alice@lgbtqia.space]

@Alice@beige.party 🥰

@tylerlwsmith @catsalad @deviantollam @dramypsyd @skeletor

[dramypsyd@ohai.social]

@alice@lgbtqia.space @tylerlwsmith @catsalad @deviantollam @Alice@beige.party @skeletor

[jwcph@helvede.net]

@tylerlwsmith Don't forget @TheBreadmonkey. Also, @owlsintowels.

[angela_underscore@mstdn.ca]

@tylerlwsmith

Not sure how @randahl missed the list of recommendations.

[thebreadmonkey@beige.party]

@jwcph @tylerlwsmith @owlsintowels

For the lols, @amiserabilist has an excellent follow list and aswell as being an excellent curator is also a lovely human (although has a sense of humour which is not for the faint of heart - you have been warned).