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From time to time I try Mastodon again and every time I ditch it. I joined the main server mastodon.social and still as of today it's pretty much impossible for

by giords 4y ago

From time to time I try Mastodon again and every time I ditch it. I joined the main server mastodon.social and still as of today it's pretty much impossible for me to perform effective searches and find content. Maybe I'm just unable to use it, I don't know.

satsuma 4y ago
i think i've tried to use mastodon twice now, today begins the third attempt.
narrator 4y ago
Search is where a lot of these services fail badly. The search on most video sites besides youtube is garbage. In fact, Youtube is so far ahead that they recently made their search worse to satisfy other priorities besides competing with rivals.
easrng 4y ago
Don't bother with search. You really need to start out following people you already know about, then when they boost posts check if the people who wrote those posts are worth following. I started following 1 person and now I follow 102 people.
rvz 4y ago
If after 6 years of it existing and it is still unusable for outsiders and not just for open-source fanatics, programmers or furries then it has no realistic chance for retention, let alone adoption.
- satsuma 4y ago
  especially because that can be a very tight venn diagram
slipperlobster 4y ago
I'm the same way - I just signed up (again) to the main mastodon.social server and realized I have to have a separate account for each server I want to be a part of? I'm just confused at this whole thing.
- egypturnash 4y ago
  You can follow people on any server that yours federates with, but if you want to show up in a particular server’s local timeline and possibly see local-only posts (if the server has been modified to allow this) you’ll need an account on that server.
  - slipperlobster 4y ago
    Thanks - that's not super clear to me (as a new user). I tried finding another server via an aggregator posted here and stumbled upon qoto.org. Seems like that needs its own account. Do I not get to see who posts from that server (qoto) on mine (mastodon.social)?
    - notreallyserio 4y ago
      I wasn't able to join qoto so I gave up. The join screen never got past the display name/email/etc form but also showed no error. (This is with the official iOS app, I can only assume it's no better or worse on other apps).
- zaik 4y ago
  You just need one account for all federating servers.
  - deleted 4y ago
    [deleted]
- kstrauser 4y ago
  Think of it like a cross between Twitter and email. You can see what the local users on your server are talking about, but you can also contact users on other servers run by entirely different people.

by giords 4y ago

satsuma 4y ago

i think i've tried to use mastodon twice now, today begins the third attempt.

narrator 4y ago

Search is where a lot of these services fail badly. The search on most video sites besides youtube is garbage. In fact, Youtube is so far ahead that they recently made their search worse to satisfy other priorities besides competing with rivals.

easrng 4y ago

Don't bother with search. You really need to start out following people you already know about, then when they boost posts check if the people who wrote those posts are worth following. I started following 1 person and now I follow 102 people.

rvz 4y ago

If after 6 years of it existing and it is still unusable for outsiders and not just for open-source fanatics, programmers or furries then it has no realistic chance for retention, let alone adoption.

satsuma 4y ago
especially because that can be a very tight venn diagram

slipperlobster 4y ago

I'm the same way - I just signed up (again) to the main mastodon.social server and realized I have to have a separate account for each server I want to be a part of? I'm just confused at this whole thing.

egypturnash 4y ago
You can follow people on any server that yours federates with, but if you want to show up in a particular server’s local timeline and possibly see local-only posts (if the server has been modified to allow this) you’ll need an account on that server.
- slipperlobster 4y ago
  Thanks - that's not super clear to me (as a new user). I tried finding another server via an aggregator posted here and stumbled upon qoto.org. Seems like that needs its own account. Do I not get to see who posts from that server (qoto) on mine (mastodon.social)?
  - notreallyserio 4y ago
    I wasn't able to join qoto so I gave up. The join screen never got past the display name/email/etc form but also showed no error. (This is with the official iOS app, I can only assume it's no better or worse on other apps).
zaik 4y ago
You just need one account for all federating servers.
- deleted 4y ago
  [deleted]
kstrauser 4y ago
Think of it like a cross between Twitter and email. You can see what the local users on your server are talking about, but you can also contact users on other servers run by entirely different people.