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I dunno. I joined Mastodon back in 2022 and just...followed people.
They weren't the same people as on Twitter, but it didn't really matter in the end. I now follow almost 600 people and never feel like my feed is empty.
One social media site doesn't have to be better than another, it just has to be sufficient for your needs.
That takes a long time. I tried the same on Mastodon and ended up losing interest. I went to bluesky and just followed some starter packs and was up and running in less than an hour with 1000+ follows and a nice feed. Within a few weeks I had more than 700 followers myself.
Maybe you can try following the Starter Packs of subjects that you like?
https://fedidevs.com/starter-packs/
Thanks I didn't know these existed!
Spread the good word!
See, I don't understand why anyone would need to immediately follow that many randoms. And I don't get the need to speedrun social media.
But hey, it takes all sorts.
It's investment vs payoff. I want to get a feed up and running, then I can tailor it as needed. My feed from using starter packs at Bluesky ended up better than 10+ years at Twitter trying to follow people individually, mostly because I was able to oursource the work of finding people with an interest in certain things to people who have put in the time to do this manually which I don't have the desire to do.
It may just be that the Twitter format isn't a good fit for me, but it worked at Bluesky in a way it didn't work anywhere else using that style of communication.
It's true that starter packs are a great idea. A lot of innovation can be done around lists, and this is a good example. I second what @sopuli.xyz said, taking it slow on the Fediverse feels good. It's about the quality, not the quantity.
I'm definitely "taking it slow" on Mastadon. I think I've followed less than 10 people in the last 2 years. My feed is dead.
Want some ideas? :)
Wouldn't that be a similar but less efficient version of a starter pack?
Sure. Efficiency isn't everything, though. At the end of the article there are a few people to get you started. Then you can go to your favorites in that list, and follow some of the people THEY are following. Rinse and repeat, follow boosted folks. You'll have 100 souls in no time.