Mastodon

[hobiis]

I've been playing around a little bit with Mastodon in the last few days, thanks especially to the Tusky app (I believe it's only available for android devices though). I'm enjoying it a lot, but I migrated instances today for a couple of reasons and I don't know if I'm satisfied. Sadly I now have to wait another thirty days before I can migrate again, although it's still very early days for me so it might be worth deleting my existing account and opening an account on the instance I may actually want to be on instead... I don't know. I'm waffling.

Overall, I'm really liking the interface. I like the CW cut option. I like the 500 character limit. I like that the number of boosts and favourites aren't publicized on first glance. I like that I can browse a feed consisting of people followed by the people I follow. 

The biggest problem I'm facing is that the fannish servers (or instances) actively accepting new accounts don't seem to have any kpop fandom presence at all, and what I want to talk about is kpop. The instance I joined, fandom.community, is interesting and it's still evolving, but while it's moderated it also seems like it might be a little too free for me? There isn't much to browse in the local or federated feeds that aren't about kinks and content I'm not into (like, borderline uncomfortable not into - I abide by ship and let ship for the most part, but there are still some things that are not my cup of tea). I think maybe if more friends migrated to Mastodon and I could expand my following list, it would make a big difference in my browsing experience. In the meantime, it is very slow moving compared to twitter, and I don't know how I feel about that. My brain needs to be kept occupied!

If anyone else is interested in joining Mastodon, at the moment you can find and follow me at hobiis@fandom.community. I'd genuinely love to follow more people and diversify the extremely limited feed i have now.

Comments

[bluedreaming]

I don't have anything really useful to add, except that this thread about searching for hashtags on different instances might help you search the kpop hashtag and maybe other group hashtags? That way you can find more kpop people to follow, which might help you have a more kpop-centric timeline even if your local (instance) timeline isn't very kpop.

Good luck!

[hobiis]

Oh neat, thank you! Yes, I've mostly been using the app and was only able to search within my own instance, so I was feeling a little cut off. I'll try out the suggested method on a browser and see where it takes me!

[popliar]

I added you on mastodon though I haven't really posted there yet!

Was it hard to migrate instances?

EDIT: WAIT I DID IT LOL

[hobiis]

I'm not sure if the fannish instance I'm on is going to be the right fit for my fandom friends, but since there's a 30-day cooldown between migrating instances, I'm going to give it those 30 days to see how it goes. All the other fannish people I know are on fandom.ink, which is not accepting new applications but which is allowing for existing members to refer people. I'm toying with opening a second account on fandom.ink just to be around people I know/content I like, but I'm hesitant about their 6-month inactivity deactivation policy and also it would be nice to get more diversity in the other fannish servers. We'll see!!

[popliar]

I see a bunch of people are also joining federated.fandom and now I'm like which instance is best!!! But yeah changing instances wasn't too bad, I will see how it goes over the next month too.

[hobiis]

now that I see everyone on federated.fandom I'm a little sad I migrated early. At least we can still befriend people on other servers! And bluedreaming linked me to a guide on being able to search tags in other instances, which I was unable to do via the app, so I'm feeling a bit better overall!

[asya_ana]

fandom.ink is the instance that i've seen the most "my genre of fandom" on. i would probably just go there. there's also a kpop server. i think only the absolute tanking of twitter would lead to kpop fandom migrating there, if people have no choice. but otherwise, im not holding m breath! it's day 3 of my twitter deactivation and im finding it satisfying and tbh kind of a relief to primarily only be on discord.

[hobiis]

My understanding is that the kpop server is inactive and not accepting new applications (I read that somewhere... don't quote me). Since fandom.ink is only allowing new members by existing member referral, I was less inclined to go for it. I'm reconsidering now, though, that I know what kind of fandom the rest of this instance contains! In the meantime I'm busy hashtagging everything with #kpop and #BTS and whatever else in hopes of another kpop fannish person joining my instance and connecting with me.

I miss you on twitter already :'(

[asya_ana]

I have invite links to both of those servers if you're interested. and they're not isolated, your searches will still go across other instances unless the admins have set things up otherwise. i'm on discord 24/7, find me there <3

[rhubarbpie]

Is the tusky app much different from the mastodon app? there's a difference between using the browser and using an app, I'm sure, but do you know if there's much difference between some of the apps?

[hobiis]

I briefly used the official mastodon app, and I ran into issues with not having access to all timelines, as well as a more complicated interface. Tusky is really smooth, switches feeds/timelines easily, and is really visually attractive to me!

[rhubarbpie]

thanks!