Post by @ifixcoinops@mstdn.social

2022-11-21 22:57 UTC

#FediTips whenever I see a post from a newbie from a very specific subculture going &quot;where are all the gerbil enthusiasts, I can&#39;t find my people, I miss them :(&quot; I boost it to help them find their people, and if my feed is any indication most folk on here do the same Be specific in the sort of folk you wanna find, and use hashtags too, we will absolutely spread your longing around until it serendipities its way over to your people

Replies (14)

@DToher@mastodon.ie 2022-11-21 23:04

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social I also remind them of the ability to follow hashtags - a great way of getting interesting accounts into your home feed that you can then decide to follow.

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@dredmorbius@toot.cat 2022-11-21 23:09

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social I boost similarly, even (or especially) if I'm not part of that culture. Finding your peeps is hard. I encourage hashtags, as others have noted. AND: I strongly encourage people to Be The Content They'd Like to See. If you're looking for gerbil enthusiasts and aren't finding any, start posting gerbil enthusiast content, and hashtag it. Eventually if others come, they'll find you, and you will be their answer to the question you first asked.

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@nutsling@mastodon.social 2022-11-21 23:16

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social twitter people have been conditioned out of using hashtags because they're seen as tools of the marketing and advertising class (trash) and facebook dwellers #LamestZeroEffortJokePossible (also trash)

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@Htaggert@mstdn.social 2022-11-22 00:35

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social I’m struggling here because like- I have specific interests but- like everyone is so interesting… today I followed a master puppet maker… because like wow.. I will have a follow list as long as the fediverse soon

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@aliciacollin@mastodon.online 2022-11-22 03:41

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social I love this and the kindness and generosity of so many on Mastodon.

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@RomanticSkeptic@c.im 2022-11-22 03:49

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social It feels like passing notes in class - getting it further along to the intended recipient. We are all accomplices. 😉

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@autisticbookclub@mastodonapp.uk 2022-11-22 05:07

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social I love the kindness of the #Mastodon folk, Thank-you! 🥹 Much appreciated and totally unexpected! #newbie #ILikeItHere

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@bastique@mastodon.sdf.org 2022-11-22 05:09

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social my gerbil followers appreciate this.

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@helenpletts@mas.to 2022-11-22 11:49

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social long time since I kept 🐹 but looking for #poets #writers #swiftconservationists I know a fair bit about housing #swifts successfully in urban development using #Sbricks

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@DancesWithCybermen@hackers.town 2022-11-22 22:35

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social I do that all the time, even if that person's interests are wildly different than mine. That's how we can rebuild our Twitter communities.

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@StarlightBubbles@socel.net 2022-11-22 23:54

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social I'm trying to find #theowlhouse people PLEASE! No one seems to have moved from the bird app. I don't think they learnt how to fly yet....or they're all penguins in which case i'm in big trouble because I was only on there for the artists 😭

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@bunnyjadwiga@fiedlerfamily.net 2022-11-23 07:51

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social looking for librarians, especially YA librarians...

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@bunnyjadwiga@fiedlerfamily.net 2022-11-23 07:52

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social also looking for folks interested in #medievalmedicine and #medievalherbs

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@Papablue@mstdn.party 2022-11-29 15:22

@ifixcoinops@mstdn.social thank you ✌️🕶️

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