FediFollows

@FediFollows@social.growyourown.services

Highlighting interesting accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse 🌐

For recommendations organised by topic, see my website at https://fedi.directory

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Maintained by https://tech.lgbt/@FediThing

🎂 Account originally joined mastodon.online on 11th June 2020

This profile is from a federated server and may be incomplete. Browse more on the original instance.

FediFollows, to random

& picks of the day:

➡️ @artmonthly - Magazine about contemporary visual art

➡️ @hyperallergic - Website & podcast with news, features about art etc

➡️ @boijmans - Art museum in Rotterdam, huge collection covering all periods

➡️ @LauraJG - Artist & photographer, art history enthusiast

➡️ @art_history_animalia - Zoologist exploring animal iconography

➡️ @letterformarchive - Archive of lettering, typography, graphic design etc

➡️ @art - Bot posting historical paintings

torii, to fediverse

Still figuring out that thingy...
How/where do you discover some interesting people to follow? 👀 :tux:

FediFollows,

@Rist6 @torii

Hey there! These tips might help you find people to follow on here:

https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends/

FediFollows, (edited ) to sport

picks of the day:

➡️ @liverpool - News site devoted to Liverpool FC

➡️ @wxmafc - Fan account for Wrexham AFC

➡️ @footiebuzz - Sharing football articles from the internet

➡️ @dgsv_handball - Handball teams of German Deaf Sports Association

➡️ @WDCV_Frauen - Women's cricket organisation in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

➡️ @TheHockeyWriters - News site about North American ice hockey

➡️ @BaronVonClutch - Motorsport journalist covering F1, WEC, Formula E, MotoGP etc

1/3

FediFollows,

picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @Shawz - Formula One fan account, posting news, links and photos

➡️ @snookerhq - Runs SnookerHQ.com, covering professional snooker

➡️ @snookerarmchair - Snooker & pool fan, runs snooker server

➡️ @AlCreed - Wrestling fan & pixel artist

➡️ @premierleaguescores - Premier League scores bot

➡️ @nbascores - NBA scores bot

➡️ @nflscores - NFL scores bot

➡️ @MLB_News - Baseball news bot

➡️ @snookerbot - Snooker results bot

2/3

FediFollows,

picks of the day (continued):

The following two accounts are Fediverse discussion groups. Follow them to see posts on their topics, post to them by @-ing them.

PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PART OF THE THREAD, AS IT WOULD SPAM THESE GROUPS.

➡️ @hockey - Ice hockey discussion group

➡️ @snooker - Snooker discussion group

More info about Fediverse groups at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/

3/3

FediFollows,

@pauloroger_

I don't list blank accounts, but sometimes if an account has not been followed from a particular server, it can seem blank to people on that server:

https://fedi.tips/why-does-someones-account-page-look-completely-blank-is-it-really-blank/

You can see the original page for @liverpool
at https://mstdn.social/@liverpool in your web browser. This will show you the most complete version of its profile.

FediFollows,

@pauloroger_

No worries! It was a legitimate thing to ask!

FediFollows, to random

picks of the day:

➡️ @DrH - Scale models, miniatures, dioramas from scifi, fantasy & real world

➡️ @JHMiniatures - Creates extremely detailed miniature paint jobs, makes videos about how they are done

➡️ @arcticEdge & @arcticEdge & @arcticEdge - Artist & scifi fan, paints miniatures from Warhammer 40k etc

➡️ @mz4250 - 3D artist and D&D fan creating 3D printable miniatures

➡️ @Pandaemoniumminiatures - Intricately painted miniatures & terrain for TTRPGs/wargaming

1/3

FediFollows,

picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @mkm_modelwerx - Heavily customised scale models of spaceships, especially from Star Trek

➡️ @rollleafd - Miniatures from Warhammer Fantasy, 40k, D&D etc, sharing lots of other miniature artists

➡️ @awooprints - Online shop selling 3D printed miniatures, including custom made ones

➡️ @NinjaDebugger - TTRPG fan painting Battletech mecha & surreal things like flying cats

➡️ @smileham - Miniature painting for tabletop games

2/3

FediFollows,

picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @JennThorson - Humorous scifi novelist, also creates diorama art with action figures

➡️ @Mycomancer - Painting miniatures for Warhammer 40k and other tabletop games

➡️ @robotwig - Artist recreating scenes from films with practical miniature effects

➡️ @Berit - Mainly Warhammer 40K miniatures

➡️ @DrunkOnTea - Paints beautiful fantasy miniatures

3/3

FediFollows, to linux

picks of the day:

➡️ @omgubuntu - News site about Ubuntu, FOSS etc

➡️ @fullcirclemagazine - PDF magazine about Ubuntu & Linux

➡️ @LubuntuOfficial - Lightweight version of Ubuntu

➡️ @edubuntu - Version for schools

➡️ @ubuntustudio - Distro for creative people

➡️ @ubports - Ubuntu for phones

➡️ @kubuntu - Ubuntu using KDE Plasma

➡️ @ubuntuportugal - Portuguese user group

➡️ @pup - Portuguese Ubuntu podcast

➡️ @ubuntusway - Ubuntu using Sway

➡️ @pacstall - AUR-style package manager

FediFollows, (edited ) to random

& picks of the day:

➡️ @rexpotam - French classical composer, also singer-songwriter

➡️ @dudokquartet - Dutch classical string quartet

➡️ @meganmariehart - Spinto soprano opera singer, original from USA, now in Germany

➡️ @aleciabatson - American actor and opera singer, currently on HBO

➡️ @PocketOperaCompany - Independent mobile opera, unusual locations such as Wagner in a launderette etc (in German)

➡️ @gitarra - Professional classical guitarist (in German)

1/3

FediFollows,

& picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @hollandalbright - Classical composer with range of styles, from epic to contemplative

➡️ @monviolon - Libre sheet music & recordings, mainly traditional pieces in classical style

2/3

FediFollows,

& picks of the day (continued):

The following are Fediverse groups, follow them to see posts on their topics. You can post to a group by mentioning its account. ⚠️ DO NOT REPLY TO THIS PART OF THE THREAD AS IT WOULD SPAM MENTIONED GROUPS!

➡️ @classicalmusic - Group discussing classical music

➡️ @contemporarymusic - Group discussing contemporary classical music

➡️ @composers - Group discussing composers & composition

More info about groups at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/

3/3

giandoh, to random

Hey folks I had a good handle on “the other microblogging site,” but I’m still getting the hang of Mastadon. I could use some pointers:

  1. How do I write really funny, witty viral content? (Kidding!)
  2. Can we pin a post?
  3. Can someone teach me sequential number listing? (Kidding!)
  4. Can we make lists of favorite accounts etc?
  5. Are there any curated feeds of, say, political accounts etc etc?
    Thanks!
FediFollows,

@PacMan @giandoh

Hey there!

Yes you can pin posts, you can have up to five pinned posts on your profile (https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-pin-my-posts-on-my-mastodon-profile/)

There is a Lists feature for favourite accounts (https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-the-lists-feature-on-mastodon/)

There are lots of curated feeds! I run this account that I'm posting from and I have a website at https://fedi.directory with lots of accounts to follow.

To see discussions of particular topics, try following hashtags (https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/) and joining groups (https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/).

FediFollows, to random

Advice needed on recommending groups:

I would like to mention groups in the daily picks, but this means the post itself would end up in the group, and if people mention the group's address in their replies, the replies would end up in the group too.

I could mention the groups with spaces in the address, but would everyone understand why I'm doing it? Would they find it easy to remove the spaces?

Anyone have thoughts on the matter?

FediFollows,

@josh

The problem is that group links on Guppe aren't so useful at the moment. They don't list any info about the contents of the group at all. For example https://a.gup.pe/u/tea

Chirp links are a bit better, but there aren't many Chirp groups yet.

FediFollows,

@josh

If you follow it from your instance, all the group's posts to the group after that moment will be visible on your instance.

If you want to see past posts from a Guppe group, a workaround is to search for its address on any instance that has at least one existing member of the group. You can do it on that instance's website, it doesn't require logging in.

That will show you the group's complete history right back to the moment the first person on that instance joined that group.

FediFollows, (edited )

@josh

Chirp does this better, you can see a history of a Chirp group's posts by just going to the group's own page. For example: https://chirp.social/@eurovision

FediFollows,

@petrescatraian

They are, but the usual admin tools still exist. So, if someone spams or posts something unsuitable, they can be reported to the local and original server. And mutes/blocks will also mute/block posts on guppe groups because they're technically just ordinary posts.

It's really useful to have this kind of distribution because it pushes content to subscribers, which hashtag following does not do.

Chirp and Friendica groups do have admins, but there are fewer of them AFAIK :/

FediFollows,

@opal

Yeah, was thinking about something like that, maybe with a big warning not to reply, and a link to the fedi.tips page explaining groups.

FediFollows,

@petrescatraian

At a technical level, posts on groups are just normal posts which the group account automatically boosts to its followers.

So, if a post is problematic you can use the usual reporting tools that you would with any post. The post itself isn't on Guppe as such, it's on whichever servers it was posted on and shared with.

Kbin and Lotide are trying for more reddit-like approaches I think? They seem to have much more complex features?

FediFollows,

@largess

As far as I know Guppe, Chirp etc groups are nothing to do with Mastodon, they are based on a different type of server developed by different people.

The groups are platform neutral, they can be followed from other Fediverse server types like Mastodon, Calckey, Friendica etc. This same problem would happen no matter which server type you follow the group from.

FediFollows,

@patrickmcurry

Yes, groups federate much more effectively than hashtags.

Hashtags are basically passive filters for your server's Federated timeline. They will only show you posts that would have been visible to your server anyway.

By contrast, Groups are actively pushing all their content to all the people who subscribe to a group. This means everyone on the group sees every post (unless there are blocks or mutes on the account/server).

Best thing is to use both :)

FediFollows,

@patrickmcurry

p.s. More info at https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/

FediFollows,

@csolisr

Unfortunately the direct URL on Guppe doesn't provide any useful info (for example https://a.gup.pe/u/tea).

Also, a lot of people don't know they can copy-paste URLs to follow them.

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