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

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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,

@jzitt

Spaces tend to be the most common as far as I know.

I guess I could add an extra post after the picks explaining why there are spaces in some addresses, and telling people about groups?

FediFollows, (edited ) to fediverse

I'm trying to list more Fediverse groups on fedi.directory. You can see groups I've listed so far at https://fedi.directory/tag/fediverse-groups/

I've tried to only list groups that are active and have a friendly atmosphere.

If you have any groups you think I should add, let me know in the replies! :)

FediFollows,

@teemuki

I don't recommend Lemmy:

https://mstdn.social/@feditips/110476830253102884

https://mstdn.social/@feditips/106835057054633379

FediFollows,

@tao

As far as I know they work in a similar way to Guppe and Chirp, but you have to be a Friendica user to set one up. Also, Friendica groups can have several moderators.

saorgage, to random

what is the best place to discover people/organisations to follow on this?

FediFollows,

@knightlie @saorgage

You don't have to wait for me to post a themed list, I also have a website with all the recommendations organised into categories: https://fedi.directory

FediFollows,

@knightlie @saorgage

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

amasuri, to gamedev

Hi people! Just moved there from Twitter and I'm a bit clueless about how Mastodon works, all I know that it's decentralized. What are some top things I need to know?

FediFollows,

@patrickmcurry @amasuri

There are lots of ways of discovering accounts to follow: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accounts-to-follow-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse-how-do-i-find-my-friends/

steve, to gaming
@steve@flipscreen.social avatar

Who should I be following here?

FediFollows,

@Kamirose @steve

Also see these options to discover people:

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

FediFollows, to cycling

picks of the day:

➡️ @DrRickWoten - Professor posting about the history of cycling

➡️ @CoolBikeArt1 - Notable images related to bikes

➡️ @pws - Retired bicycle mechanic giving advice on repairs/maintenance

➡️ @ridewithchris - North American cyclist posting maps & photos

➡️ @cyclinggeezr - Cycling fan & photographer in UK, lots of trip reports

➡️ @pete - Cycling blogger in north west England

➡️ @ssamulczyk - Amateur road & gravel cyclist

➡️ @ruari - Unicyclist & penny farthing rider

1/3

FediFollows,

picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @lechat - German-language cycling travel blog featuring cute toy cat

➡️ @sharinggoodmoments - Two people travelling the world by bicycle

➡️ @davewalker - Cycling cartoonist, author of "From A to B"

➡️ @fedibikes_de - German-language cycling discussion group

➡️ @BicycleBen - UK-based campaigner for better cycling infrastructure

➡️ @madisonforall - Urban planning videos, calling for more consideration of cyclists & pedestrians

2/3

FediFollows,

picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @notjustbikes - Videos about modern urban planning & transport, often citing the Netherlands

➡️ @CathyTuttle - Expert campaigning for more public transport, cycling, walking in urban areas

3/3

FediFollows,

Some extra picks of the day:

➡️ @cyclingelectric - Electric bike news, covering bicycles with assistive motors

➡️ @SydneyCyclewaysFan - Dedicated to cycleways in Sydney, Australia

➡️ @CyclingGuide - App suggesting low-stress cycle routes for less confident cyclists

Apologies, I overlooked their replies so I'm adding them to the thread now! :)

citybeautiful, to random

Any great city planning Mastodon accounts or hashtags I should be following? I feel like I’m not following enough over here!

FediFollows,

@citybeautiful

These might be good?

https://fedi.directory/tag/urban-planning/

Av8rdan, to random
@Av8rdan@mytransponder.com avatar

If you are not following @FediFollows you are missing out on a lot of great things to discover here on the Mastodon.

Each day or so they post a collection of people to follow in a certain topic, and while not all topics will suit your interests, some will and they will for sure give you easy access to some new people or organizations to follow.

FediFollows, (edited )

@Av8rdan

Thank you for the shoutout! :)

Just to add, people don't have to wait for me to post topics that interest them. I have a website which has previous suggestions organised into topics: https://fedi.directory

FediFollows, to random

picks of the day:

➡️ @sylvia_ritter - Colourful glowing illustrations, often featuring stylised animal mascots

➡️ @harriorrihar - Vivid scenes with a manga/storyboard feel

➡️ @gwenn - Trippy textured portraits and illustrations

➡️ @wubfur - Psychedelic rock and indie music mixes

➡️ @sloane - Comic artist, illustrator, writer, colourful style with visceral edge

➡️ @Hypnagogist - Surreal multimedia art including drawings, murals, CGI etc

FediFollows, to random

/ picks of the day:

➡️ @posiputt - Doodle-type art often with surreal creatures. Did the artwork for my other account @feditips!

➡️ @doodlebrink - Amusing & memorable doodles (in German but usually entirely visual)

➡️ @art_of_carun - Cartoonist & visual storyteller

➡️ @mouldyCat - Doodly, pretty and sometimes disturbing illustrations

➡️ @ronnietucker - Pen & ink doodles, also rough wood carvings

FediFollows,

p.s. Sorry this is posted so late in some time zones, had some real world stuff to deal with today.

TexasObserver, to fediverse
@TexasObserver@texasobserver.social avatar

Happy Friday! We are late to the party this week.

Tell us your favorite journalists and publications on the ?

FediFollows,

@TexasObserver

Shoutout to @hildabast, scientist and writer, for her ongoing and patient study of science during this pandemic, particularly her summaries of vaccine trial results.

FediFollows, to random

picks of the day:

➡️ @Av8rdan - Private pilot, former aviation journalist

➡️ @glebris - Engineer interested in airports, planes, VTOL etc

➡️ @AirlineReporter - Aviation news site

➡️ @futurshox - Plane fan, photos of planes

➡️ @JetTip - Alerts for interesting planes at particular airports

➡️ @clemensv - Aviation photos & other images

➡️ @Aviation_Librarian - Images from air travel history

➡️ @aircraft_alert - Aircraft squawking 7500 or 7700

➡️ @leavt - Artist, often features aircraft

FediFollows, to random

& picks of the day:

➡️ @256 - Photos & screenshots about old computers

➡️ @wwwtxt - Human-curated selection of public internet posts from 1980-1994

➡️ @hackers_gifs - Random animated gifs from the film Hackers (1995)

➡️ @techtales - Podcast about tech history including famous & obscure

➡️ @48kRAM - Repairs old computers, hosts retro computing livestream

➡️ @futurewas8bit - Retro computing fan, runs company selling spares, accessories, repairs for 8-bits

(1/6)

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& picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @janbeta - Restores old computers & other retro tech, makes videos about it

➡️ @vkc (main) & @veronicaexplains (videos) - Videos about retro computing, modern Linux & tech

➡️ @retrospecs - iOS app, process images to look like retro computer screenshots

➡️ @obsoletemediauk - Online museum of obsolete physical media

➡️ @bitsavers - Huge online archive of computing history material

(3/6)

FediFollows,

& picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @3rz - Vintage computing centre in Freiburg, Germany

➡️ @mistboard - All about MIST FPGA & related boards

➡️ @ansivideos - Videos of ANSI computer text art from 1990s BBSes

➡️ @linuxuserspace - Video discussions about the history of Linux & related topics

➡️ @thelastpsion - All about Psion organisers, computers, related topics

➡️ @osxthemes - Bot sharing screens of classic Macintosh themes

(4/6)

FediFollows,

& picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @dosgameclub - Podcast & forum about MS-DOS games

➡️ @freedosproject - Free open source operating system compatible with MS-DOS

➡️ @dec_hl - Collects old computers, creator of Mastodon client for MS-DOS

➡️ @AtariSTMusic - Bot posting Atari ST music

➡️ @Sloanysoft - Creating new games for ZX Spectrum & other 8-bits

➡️ @ZXVintage - ZX Spectrum nostalgia including photos, screenshots, magazines etc.

(5/6)

FediFollows,

& picks of the day (continued):

➡️ @AYMusic - Bot posting ZX Spectrum music

➡️ @8bitTim - 8-bit computer fan, especially Acorn

➡️ @bbcmicrobot - Bot which will run toots written in BBC Basic

➡️ @markmoxon - Acorn enthusiast, former editor of Acorn User magazine

➡️ @c64 - Bot posting C64 news, links, screens etc

➡️ @SIDMusic - Bot posting C64 music

(6/6)

FediFollows,

p.s. See also:

➡️ @dosnostalgic - All about MS-DOS games

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