Hey all! I’m interested in creating an account on mastodon, and am looking to build up a list of people to follow. Let me know who your must follows are!

  • Lifecoach5000@lemmy.worldEnglish
    15·
    1 year ago

    I have no explicit suggestions but I will just repeat what was told to me: hashtags are your friend. Find people associated with those that interest you.

    Actually I take that back, the one suggestion I do have is Low Quality Facts. Their posts make me snicker usually.

      • donuts@kbin.social
        4·
        1 year ago

        I haven’t really had this problem and I follow a ton of hashtags. Also it’s good to report spammers so that their server can get rid of them.

  • StimulatedYorkie@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    1 year ago

    Definitely Taylor Lorenz. She’s almost always on trending, but she’s a journalist always posting about twitter and musk’s controversies, very interesting content.

    We Distribute is kind of like a publication about the fediverse. Great content.

    Linus Torvalds. This one’s pretty obvious.

    But I’m still looking too! If you’re into tech, you will almost definitely find something for you on mastodon, especially free software. Good luck!

  • 👍Maximum Derek👍@social.fossware.spaceEnglish
    10·
    1 year ago

    @feditips@mstdn.social is a must follow for me.

    Beyond that let finding people happen organically. Focus on finding hastags and groups to follow, then the interesting people will start to bubble up in your feed naturally. See also.

    And if you’re on a niche/topical server don’t forget to get an eye on your local feed. It gets swamped on big instances but can be a great discovery tool on smaller ones.

  • Lemdee@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    I don’t have anything to share really but I’m here for the suggestions and making a comment to come back to later while increasing post engagement lol

  • Steamboat Hedgie@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    8·
    1 year ago

    Here are few I picked up and kept:

    Humour:

    @JonBaker@mastodon.social

    @MeanwhileinCanada@ohai.social

    Art / Comics:

    @heyheymomo@socel.net

    @ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social

    Mostly computer-centric:

    @0xabad1dea@infosec.exchange

    @eaton@phire.place

    @fraggle@octodon.social

    @TodePond@universeodon.com

    Official:

    @wikipedia@wikis.world

  • ThePJN@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    7·
    1 year ago

    Couple random cool stuffs:

    • @FilmNoirPosters@zirk.us (Movie posters from noir films of the 1930s-1950s-ish.)
    • @internetarchive@mastodon.archive.org (Internet Archive’s official account. [I’m pretty sure.])
    • @GayOldTime@masto.ai (Random ads/media that celebrate queer-ness either obviously, subtly or unintentionally)
    • @openculture@toot.community (Random cool open source art resources and content)
    • @robotwig@socel.net (Very cool action figure/miniature photography)
    • @LibrarianRA@worldkey.io (Retro ads/media)
  • DJDarren@beehaw.orgEnglish
    6·
    1 year ago

    This fella called DJDarren. He’s brilliant. https://mendeddrum.org/@DJDarren

    I heartily recommend Fox News*, but otherwise I’d suggest looking up hashtags of things you’re into and following people who like what you like. And follow other people on your own server too.

    It’s kinda tricky, because most of the people I follow might not be interesting to others, but they’re mostly good for chatting with.

    *please click the link before attacking me…

    • funchords@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
      1·
      1 year ago

      I heartily recommend Fox News*, but otherwise I’d suggest looking up hashtags of things you’re into and following people who like what you like. And follow other people on your own server too.

      I love it!!

  • eldrichhydralisk@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    @ZachWeinersmith@mastodon.social is the author of the SMBC webcomic and he posts funny stuff pretty frequently.

    @davidrevoy@framapiaf.org does art with open source tools, including the open source Pepper and Carrot comic.

    @SmudgeTheInsultCat@mas.to posts dumb memes constantly.

    @Popehat@mastodon.social posts smartassed yet accurate commentary on current legal news.

  • RxBrad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    1 year ago

    I’m a simple man.

    @birdfeed@effinbirds.social

    @WorfEmail@botsin.space

    @RikerGoogling@botsin.space

  • Wheeljack@nerdbin.social
    5·
    1 year ago

    Mastodon isn’t really about the “celebrity” follow how twitter was, it’s more about finding your own tribe of weirdos. I second (third?) the idea of following hashtags, and then checking out those accounts that post to those tags.

    The other thing I’d like to mention is the people I see happiest on Mastodon have all migrated servers at least once. Get an account on one of the big main servers, explore, then move to a small instance that suits your interests and has people you like. That makes for a much more useful and entertaining local feed. Don’t feel it needs to be a 100% match, it’s more about the people (it’s about the cones ).