Nick Taylor

Posted on Nov 20, 2022 • Edited on Oct 29, 2023 • Originally published at nickyt.co

Have you moved from Twitter to Mastodon for social media?

#socialmedia #mastodon

I created a Mastodon account on toot.cafe back in 2017, but I only did a little with it.

I tooted a bit then came back to Twitter, but this time, it feels like a mass exodus, at least for folks in tech.

The user experience is definitely different from Twitter, but even with its clunkiness, I have started to enjoy it.

Although I'll be tooting, for the most part, I've realized that some folks use Twitter as the main point of contact with me, so I'll still be checking DMs over there and still Tweeting (just not as much as tootin'). I'll probably also be more active on LinkedIn too.

Another exciting development is some ex-Twitter employees have started their own Mastodon instance, macaw.social. Thanks for linking it to me Arthur Melo!

Some resources you may find handy if you're new to Mastodon:

Need a hand finding folks that are/were on Twitter and are on Mastodon instances now? Here’s a couple great tools:
- FedFinder
- Movetodon (thanks @citizen428!)
Jeremy Keith has a great post to ease you into Mastodon, That fediverse feeling

If you're on Mastodon, feel free to drop your handles in the comments so others can give you a follow over there. You can find me at @nickytonline@toot.cafe.

What are your thoughts on Mastodon and are you considering, if you haven’t already, moving over there?

I'll end with this.

Don’t feel under pressure to leave Twitter if it still brings you benefit. As soon as it becomes clear that it doesn’t, feel confident that you can leave Twitter and it’ll be fine.

– Andy Bell from his post Free of the bird

Photo by redcharlie on Unsplash

Latest comments (26)

tamusjroyce • Jan 2 '23

No. Mastodon is A-GPL, which disallows linking to it. How can I send out links to my posts there? ;-)

Bradley D. Thornton • Dec 1 '22

Wow, I didn't realize that mastodon was the #Fediverse!

Oh, wait! It's not. And it's actually one of the least feature rich platforms in the Fediverse - a Decentralized (DeSoc) social network where all platforms and "instances" as they're referred to, engage and seamlessly communicate with each other.

What are some of these more prominent Fediverse server platforms? Here's a short list and I'll include a list of links as well so you can (compared to all of the available platforms, this really is a short list) browse and peruse at your leisure 🙂

Choosing from the list below, you can join existing instances, self-host your own, and even have a professional #hosting_provider do it for your - just pick a #turnkey provider where in just a couple of clicks your new fully managed Fediverse server will be online in only a minute or two!

There's literally free and privacy respecting Fediverse platforms to replace everything from #Faceplant, #Twatter, #Reddit, #YouTube, #twitch, #InstaSPAM, #Spotify, and so very much more!

funkwhale.audio/en_US/apps/

tallship #FOSS #Soapbox #Rebased #PeerTube #Mitra #Quanta #Pixelfed #Friendica #WriteFreely #Plume #FunkWhale #MicroBlogPub #Socialhome #GotoSocial #Owncast #LoTide #Lemmy #ActivityPub #Privacy #DeSoc #Federating #Decentralize

I hope that helps! Enjoy!

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EbonyAtkin • Nov 25 '22

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Peter Witham • Nov 25 '22

I'm in the process of moving over to Mastodon. What that means in practice is making it as clear to folks that follow me on Twitter, where and how to find me on Mastodon.

I'm finding that folks are confused by all the instances in the usernames, which I see as a problem, but I am actively posting and using it more with very little new content on Twitter.

I have noticed more and more people in the development community using it, which is heartening since that's really my main use to communicate with them.