Have you moved from Twitter to Mastodon for social media?
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Have you moved from Twitter to Mastodon for social media?
I created a Mastodon account on toot.cafe back in 2017, but I only did a little with it.
02:05 AM - 07 Apr 2017
I tooted a bit then came back to Twitter, but this time, it feels like a mass exodus, at least for folks in tech.
The user experience is definitely different from Twitter, but even with its clunkiness, I have started to enjoy it.
Although I'll be tooting, for the most part, I've realized that some folks use Twitter as the main point of contact with me, so I'll still be checking DMs over there and still Tweeting (just not as much as tootin'). I'll probably also be more active on LinkedIn too.
Another exciting development is some ex-Twitter employees have started their own Mastodon instance, macaw.social. Thanks for linking it to me Arthur Melo!
Some resources you may find handy if you're new to Mastodon:
- Need a hand finding folks that are/were on Twitter and are on Mastodon instances now? The FedFinder is a great tool.
- Jeremy Keith has a great post to ease you into Mastodon, That fediverse feeling
If you're on Mastodon, feel free to drop your handles in the comments so others can give you a follow over there. You can find me at @[email protected].
What are your thoughts on Mastodon and are you considering, if you haven’t already, moving over there?
I'll end with this.
Don’t feel under pressure to leave Twitter if it still brings you benefit. As soon as it becomes clear that it doesn’t, feel confident that you can leave Twitter and it’ll be fine.
– Andy Bell from his post Free of the bird
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Top comments (22)
I created an account a month ago but today I moved completely. Deleted my twitter handle from all of my slides and tried to add Mastodon everywhere. Thanks to moa.party it's really easy to migrate and still keep twitter running on low ice. There are also some pretty cool tech community focused instances like foojay.
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I was late to Twitter, and no doubt I'll be late to Mastodon. For me, its all about where the content is, and if those providing the content I want to read move to Mastodon, I'll likely follow them. So far. I'm not convinced that's happened, but it's getting closer.
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Like you, I’ve been there since ~2017 - at the time, as @[email protected] but I recently moved to @[email protected]
I have been enjoying it. I’ve been through a few phases, from sign up and early exploration, to not using it for a while, to cross-posting using moa.party between Twitter and Mastodon for a while; since April when the Musk bid was put in, I’ve spent more time there deliberately first, rather than being on Twitter first.
In the past couple of weeks the population has grown and it has become a lot more engaging. I’ve also ended up doing 3 or 4 impromptu training / info sessions for different groups of friends!
Definitely more friction than something like Twitter, but there’s plenty to like.
I’ve now uninstalled the Twitter apps from my devices and I don’t intend to be spending time there actively - sadly - more to come on my personal journey over the past few weeks.
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I made one a few years ago in a technology-focused instance only to see that the owner shut it down due to health issues so I had to create a new account on @mstdn.social
A few instances have been spinning up more related to my cloud space but I'm wary of the owners so I get in my head if that if I'm going to do anything that I'll need to spin up my own instance and then I guess federate into others?
Honestly, I think I'm just going to wander the vast social media landscape and just drop things here and there lol.
mstdn.social is one of the larger server and its ran by a single person...
Moving servers for me its not about the content its about the followers.
So looks like when you move it "redirects" folks, but I would imagine they need to refollow you? I have to keep investigating
@nickytonline That feed finder was useful.
Linode has a single click install:
youtube.com/watch?v=d1mzUYzoolg
There is a bunch of managed hosting providers to run your own:
docs.joinmastodon.org/user/run-you...
I think what I'm going to do is just turn my brain off and use a managed provider, set the server to be private or invite only while I learn this stuff.
Buy yeah, maybe instead of paying $8 USD (1000 USD) a month on Twitter Blue its should just go to my own managed instance.
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Hi! Thanks for the post, you all can find me as teclado at paquita.masto.host.
Nevertheless I'm looking right now for a spanish-speaking developer-friendly instance that suits better. Ideally a spanish one where I could follow some other topics. I'm open to suggestions in this sense.
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Yep! I’m done with Twitter.
Ill be tooting about front end web dev, web components, creative coding, tech, indie rock, cinema, and more!
Follow me on Mastodon at
indieweb.social/@iplayitofflegit or search for @[email protected]
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UPO -- Mastodon is great for small communities. maybe even medium communities like software as a whole - But twitter is still going to be around. All the doom and gloom right now will pass, it'll figure itself out.
I have a mstd account w/ ruby@social , but don't use it. Im actually finding myself on twitter more than ever.
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I find Mastadon all too confusing and convoluted. Finding servers, creating a count for individual servers / regions.
It's a no from me unfortunately.
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Yep moved over there as well: @[email protected]
I will probably post dev related things (Android currently) and photography stuff. Shoot me a follow!
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Too clunky IMO. Honestly tried several times but it was too tormenting even at the login stage
The login and following old friends are the most painful parts. But once your in it's pretty nice. Not as smooth as twitter, but in some regards that's an improvement. Less noise, simpler engagement. It's also improving a lot. When I first tried it the signup was a nightmare and a month ago it was smooth. Might be harder now since instances are overloaded.
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I joined in 2018 and sadly my instance is shutting down 1st of December because the admin is not able to maintain it anymore.
I'm glad he is not just handing over quickly to someone else.
Now looking for a new instance to migrate to I recognized a lot of instances switched to waiting lists because of the spike of new users :(
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Anyone know how to reorder the timeline/feeds based on follow list?
For example I have follow list called "Tech News" and I want any post from that follow list in the bottom of my timeline/feeds 🤔
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nah if twitter dies it's the end of internet social me. I need less thoughts so I can concentrate on my own thoughts better :3
Also, for some reason it reminds me of amino apps 🤔
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I don't use LinkedIn. Last year, I wanted to exchange mastodon handles with coworkers to stay connected, but I know no one would have mastodon accounts. That might be different soon!
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