The right way to Discover Your Twitter Associates on Mastodon

Now you possibly can scroll by means of tweets from folks you observe who’ve talked about Mastodon, most of whom may also embrace a hyperlink to their web page. Click on the “Newest” tab and people outcomes will even be in reverse chronological order. I discovered a handful of my Twitter buddies this fashion.

There are just a few different search phrases you need to use—some persons are utilizing the hashtag #TwitterMigration, for instance. Others would possibly spell Mastodon as “Mastadon,” so perhaps seek for that, too. Be sure that to test again in a month or so—assuming this isn’t a momentary factor, extra folks would possibly create accounts.

Companies That Can Discover Accounts

The above methodology will most likely discover most individuals, however for those who’re not happy, there are just a few companies you possibly can check out. The primary one, Twitodon, means that you can register utilizing Twitter and Mastodon. It’ll scan your Twitter followers for anybody who has additionally signed in utilizing each companies, then provide you with an inventory. I discover it unlikely this service will floor anybody who didn’t paste a hyperlink to their Mastodon profile on Twitter, however there’s no cause to not strive.

Some Twitter customers add a hyperlink to their Mastodon web page to their Twitter bio with out ever tweeting about it. Fedifinder can assist you discover them. This app scans the profile of each Twitter person you observe and reveals you any Mastodon accounts in there, no matter what server they’re on. I discovered a few folks this fashion—you would possibly too.

Discover Different Attention-grabbing Individuals to Observe

The unhappy fact is that the general public you observe on Twitter don’t have Mastodon accounts proper now. That might change, however for now you’ll most likely want to search out some new folks to observe. The excellent news is there are just a few methods to do this.

The very first thing I’d do is observe the account @fedifollows@mastodon.on-line, which recommends a brand new individual to observe each day. After that, it’s best to take a look at Fedi.listing, which jogs my memory of Yahoo’s listing again within the late ’90s. Mainly, you possibly can browse an index of fascinating accounts to observe in quite a lot of fields. One other related web site is Trunk, which gives lists of fascinating accounts. I discovered a bunch of fascinating accounts to observe this fashion.

Mastodon, to me, is what Linux can be like if it was a social community. Some folks will hear that and suppose it’s an insult—I imply it as a praise. The web has grow to be more and more corporatized. It’s refreshing to make use of a service that hasn’t been A/B examined to loss of life—a service that feels extra like a software than a dopamine lure. I’m not going to delete my Twitter account any time quickly—I need to maintain posting hyperlinks to my articles—however I do suppose I’ll shift extra of my scrolling time away from Twitter and towards Mastodon. Think about becoming a member of me.