i just took a look at mastodon.social and mstdn.social's timelines just to see and honestly if that's what i thought the fediverse was like i wouldn't have ever joined
@shibao @shibao this is what has happened to a bunch of people and they've written off the fediverse entirely.
Actually, a few of Baest's users came from instances like those. They seemed like cool people so I hoped on an alt to explain why things are the way they are and that there's a whole fun side of the fediverse they can't even see.
Most moved to either my instance or another one on this side of fedi and have been having fun ever since.
A lot said they had read about the fediverse and wanted to check it out and were about to give it up because it was boring and super woke until I came along and they discovered the fun side of fedi.
Actually, a few of Baest's users came from instances like those. They seemed like cool people so I hoped on an alt to explain why things are the way they are and that there's a whole fun side of the fediverse they can't even see.
Most moved to either my instance or another one on this side of fedi and have been having fun ever since.
A lot said they had read about the fediverse and wanted to check it out and were about to give it up because it was boring and super woke until I came along and they discovered the fun side of fedi.
@sjw@bae.st i didn't think "dark fedi" was real but maybe it is, aka actual fedi
@shibao @shibao yee mastodon is pretty much the only one ever talked about. 95+% of mastodon instances subscribe to a pretty much standardized instance block list. Ergo new people who only know about mastodon will never see any fun stuff, only woke stuff, and they won't even know the fun stuff exists.
I was lucky in that I knew about Mastodon from pawoo. I made an account on pawoo and played with it for a few minutes and decided to spin up my own and see if I could find English speakers. I figured I'd get board with it within a week or two and I'd move on to something else.
Here I am over 4 years later still hosting it. Except now I have around $3k worth of computer equipment just for hosting it. I also have a Cornbread that fedi helped me afford to take in which I'm eternally grateful for.
I was lucky in that I knew about Mastodon from pawoo. I made an account on pawoo and played with it for a few minutes and decided to spin up my own and see if I could find English speakers. I figured I'd get board with it within a week or two and I'd move on to something else.
Here I am over 4 years later still hosting it. Except now I have around $3k worth of computer equipment just for hosting it. I also have a Cornbread that fedi helped me afford to take in which I'm eternally grateful for.
@sjw@bae.st
@beardalaxy @shibao @beardalaxy @shibao yee and they recommend making an account on Baest to interact with and follow artists on there
