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A lot of people did jump to Mastodon, and apparently it had had another large influx of users yesterday after all the Twitter shenanigans. Not everyone stays though, obviously.
I think part of the issue some have with Mastodon is the lack of Twitter's algorithm. It's absolutely true to say it's harder to find people and topics to follow on Mastodon for the simple reason that you're not getting anything shoved in your face, which is a massive plus point for many (myself included) but can also make it appear initially less appealing.
I agree I think once somebody makes an honest attempt at an open non-exploitative content recommendation algorithm, big social's moat is completely gone. I do think Mastodon's take that the people are the algorithm is a great alternative, but we definitely need some sort of algorithmic approach in the fediverse.
Yep. Finding new users and Content on mastodon is impossible because the nerds who run it hate THE ALGORITHM and social media addiction. Same reason they held out on basic features like quote tweeting until recently.
Bluesky is basically just OG twitter, plus you can make your own algorithm feeds. It's cool.
I honestly did not have any issues populating my timeline through use of hashtags and local timelines. Boost-heavy peeps are good connectors as well.
Being able to follow hashtags on Masto is amazing. You find shitloads of good follows by virtue of them just liking the stuff you're into.
I had issues trying to depopulate my timeline. Junk kept showing that I didn't subscribe too.
You can turn boosts off in filter settings. That might be why you're seeing stuff you didn't subscribe to. Either that or you may have subscribed to some hashtags.
I have got to be a weirdo, algorithm curated content was never what i wanted, so i always had to use the hashtags. Mastodon basically is hashtags, I don't know.
Do most people really just... Baby bird their content? Open up and let it all fall in?