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unusualplan

@shoq
No, you do not need to belong to those instances.

9 Jan 2023 at 1:59 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.online
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Shoq

@unusualplan Do you find yourself using it much? So many of the bigger instances are so general, I am not sure just what value it brings (except for the relatively small and topically focused communities)

9 Jan 2023 at 2:07 | Open on mastodon.social
unusualplan

@shoq
I use it in only two cases

1: a music band-specific instance with 350 members. It's mostly on topic or close enough, has members I know ex-Twitter. I read it regularly.

2. Journa.host. Only dip in occasionally, usually when there's a big news event and my regular timeline isn't keeping up with my new news addiction :-) I have used it also to find new journalists to follow in my Home.

In general, though, I agree with you that most local timelines aren't helpful to follow.

@shoq
I use it in only two cases

1: a music band-specific instance with 350 members. It's mostly on topic or close enough, has members I know ex-Twitter. I read it regularly.

2. Journa.host. Only dip in occasionally, usually when there's a big news event and my regular timeline isn't keeping up with my new news addiction :-) I have used it also to find new journalists to follow in my Home.

9 Jan 2023 at 3:34 | Open on mastodon.online
The Febrile Muse for Harris

@unusualplan
newsie.social also pretty good to follow.
@shoq

9 Jan 2023 at 3:57 | Open on masto.ai
Brewster Brownville replied to The Febrile Muse for Harris

@shoq @CMDoran @unusualplan is it possible to follow that with the Metatext app?

9 Jan 2023 at 4:02 | Open on toad.social
unusualplan replied to Brewster Brownville

@brewster
I don't know that app personally, as I'm on Android. There's a Google Sheet comparison of features across all platforms that I can't locate but has been posted here.
@shoq @CMDoran

9 Jan 2023 at 4:09 | Open on mastodon.online
The Febrile Muse for Harris replied to Brewster Brownville

@brewster
Idk abt metatext, but can in Fedilab. What it looks like:
@shoq @unusualplan

Shows top of timeline with followed instances, for Fedilab, where hashtags also go. The instances followed are newsie.social and journa.host. Hashtags are not shown in picture, but an across scroll motion reveals them.
9 Jan 2023 at 4:12 | Open on masto.ai
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