https://mishavelthuis.nl/tags/tips/ Recent content in Tips on Misha Velthuis Hugo en Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:10:00 +0000 https://mishavelthuis.nl/posts/2025-01-22-lists-columns-and-relays/ Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:10:00 +0000 https://mishavelthuis.nl/posts/2025-01-22-lists-columns-and-relays/ <p><em>In this post I share three tips that have helped me find great people on Mastodon.</em></p> <hr> <p>In contrast to your regular corporate Big Tech social media, the Fediverse is not packed with algorithms that build your world for you. You have to do it yourself.</p> <p>To be sure, this has advantages. For example, your digital world will be a more active product of who you are and what you like, rather than what some algorithm <em>thinks</em> you like, on the basis of some superficial reading of who you are. Also, it prevents a few popular accounts from getting even more popular, which helps to spread and share the community&rsquo;s attention more equally.</p>