Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks absolutely
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks Yes and yes.
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks yes and yes. I regularly get news items related to computer security before my colleagues because of the people and hashtags that I follow. It has proven itself to be a valuable resource.
I do not use X, Bluesky, Threads, Instagram, or TikTok.
I do have Facebook and LinkedIn accounts that I primarily use for workplace activities. I also use the Facebook account to promote a local event once a month. That's it.
I use Discord for TTRPG related projects and news.
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks yes to both of these. I've found Mastodon to have more interaction, takes better action against spammers / bots (or any other reports), nobody writes posts that sound like they've been written by AI, and people actively tell you to not check as often (there's nothing that wants to keep you on it).
I've used Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn as my primary social networks in the past, and since October 2022 Mastodon has been my primary one.
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@LianaBrooks i congratulate you on developing the perfect question to drive engagement on Mastodon.
right? I saw this and was like, "that's bait." -
Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks yes and yes.
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks@mastodon.online
Abandoned Twitter couple years before I left Facebook. I left Facebook after getting a computer that was more capable than playing FarmVille, then WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook. Then there was a period with Google+ for me.
There was a gap time. Then I found about Mastodon, Fosstodon to be specific, which was founded by people who were active on G+.
I have been on Fediverse since 2019. -
I use it as my primary social media, but can't say that its working for me. Most of the time I just post what other people say, but I dont feel like there are many communities on here except for a self-selecting few
@Condorito @LianaBrooks
Im still getting into it but this is where I'm at. Many of the topics I used to engage with on X are non existent or limited to bots reposting X or substack content. Im not a programmer which seems to be a large swath of content I see rn.Still enjoying the type of stuff I see enough to keep me here and hopeful it continues to grow.
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks @lydiaschoch yes. Once I found a third-party android client I liked.
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks
Yes++! I like it here
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks Yup.
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks Unfortunately yes (wish it would be SMS), and yes!
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks yes. It mostly works, although I still see threads where it's like:
Person A: *some strong opinion*
Person A: [tags person B on some other server whose reply can't be seen] that's an interesting point -
Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
Y/Y
I do wish more of my off-line friends were on here, though. And most of the outdoor adventure/photography community is on Instagram, where I have an account that I rarely use. I check there regularly to check for any messages or comments I need to reply to, but try to minimize any interaction that will give Meta more data.But just this evening I saw someone follow me and it was an activist friend whom I haven't seen in person in almost 40 years. If I recall right, we had some online interaction 20+ years ago on Facebook or somewhere. I might send her a quick DM saying hi with my contact info. But I wish I could feel OK about just chatting, like I do here.
The other downside about the Fedi compared to Instagram in particular is that, as a photographer, I would get way more notice and traction there. I still occasionally post a photo and tell people to go look at my website, but it just makes me barf to know that everything I post there will feed Meta's AI slop machine.
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks Yes! I stayed away from all other platforms because.... billionaires. I barely ever post, but feel that here in the commie wierdo corner of the social Web, I have become less alone.
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
"Yes" and "yes?" (depends on what you mean by 'working'!)
Quit Facebook for one year. Recently opted to rejoin Facebook because there are groups and events that only exist there, and I'm a little isolated geographically + socially where I live. Facebook is a hellsite, and I spend 97% of my social media time here. I like it here.
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks @dusk Yes, yes!
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
@LianaBrooks @dusk Yep. By far better than anything else. Blue sky a distant second.
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@LianaBrooks Yes this is my primary social media interaction but I am not as satisfied with it as I would wish to be. It's harder to find the types of accounts I am interested in following - predominantly news and arts/culture - but it feels safer and more affirming than twitter ever did. Still, I would like more community within my interests.
@rebelyn2 @LianaBrooks Do you follow any hashtags?
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Is anyone using Mastodon as their primary social media and is it working for you?
Yes. The only other one I have is Bluesky & I don't spend much time there. I get better interactions & good conversations here.
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