Hello fellow Europeans!

I have already swapped like 95% of all of my american applications to European alternstives (all besides YouTube). However, I have a question…: What the heck is happening on Mastodon?

a) there are a few people there (even in comparison to Lemmy it is just microscopic

b) seems like Mastodon has never seen Any moderation: even though I followed politics-related people/organisations, Mastodon was, almost, bombarding me with unmarked and VERY unwanted NSFW content. Why?

So the question is: how to deal with Mastodon? Is it only me? It would be very nice to get back there and make theiving conversations and threads like here on Lemmy.

Vive l’Europe, Vesi

  • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
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    13 days ago

    Hi!

    Sounds like you find yourself on a bad instance! Like Lemmy, you can sign up on many different websites that run Mastodon. The good ones are very well moderated. :)

    What are you looking for in the platform? Which topics do you want to discuss, and in which languages? I’m sure folks here can help you find a good instance for your needs.

    Other than that, it is based a lot around following people and hashtags. But finding an instance run by someone you can trust is the first step! :)

    • vesi@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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      13 days ago

      Hi,

      I’ve signed up on the basic instance - mastodon.social. I would like to have politicians/parties, news and stuff like that. I’d like it to work a bit like the old Twitter.

      When it comes to language: it can be English/Finnish/Polish.

      Thanks for your time!

      • Señor Mono@feddit.org
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        13 days ago

        You picked the biggest instance there is. I would start with a smaller one and then pull in the material you are interested in.

        • vesi@lemm.eeOPEnglish
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          13 days ago

          But shouldn’t the biggest one be the best one?

          • cabbage@piefed.socialEnglish
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            12 days ago

            The biggest one has the biggest moderation burden, and since every server can share content, there are not huge advantages to being on the larger one. The “local” feed is not going to be that interesting unless you’re on a highly specialized instance anyway though - you’ll probably find the “explore” feed more interesting.

            Following users is key, so I leave you with some suggestions to get started:

            Some US politicians I am aware of: @RepShontelBrown@mastodon.social
            @RepDonBeyer@mas.to
            @barackobama@threads.net

            Journalists:
            @w7voa@journa.host
            @anneapplebaum@journa.host
            @timkmak@journa.host
            @dangillmor@mastodon.social
            @jasonkoebler.bsky.social@bsky.brid.gy

            Commentators: @davidallengreen@mastodon.green
            @Daojoan@mastodon.social
            @royaards@newsie.social
            @randahl@mastodon.social