I wonder would it be possible to have a #Mastodaoine open night once a week for a couple of hours to help new people (esp people from bird site migration) to find friends & get engaged in conversations? Mastodon is a lot less "live" than the bird site. Newcomers are responding to posts cross-posted from bird site & getting no response & finding it frustrating. I think lots of us being live on that # at the same time could make a difference.
If this is a stupid suggestion, please forgive me!
I'm pretty new here myself & trying to find my feet, but I'm having a lot of conversations with bird site followers, encouraging them to come over here & one of the things I'm hearing is that they set up profiles already, but found it hard to get any engagement, so I'm just wondering what might help.
@IzzyKamikaze Mastodon relies on boosts to increase visibility. A boost will go to all the followers of whoever boosted it by default. Without boosts your post is only seen by your followers and anyone browsing the local timeline (where I found this post). Favourites only let the poster know you saw and liked their post but doesn't increase its visibility in any way.
@whatatoots Yes, I know that. Any response to the suggestion of a lot of us meeting on the same hashtag at a prearranged time?
@IzzyKamikaze I'm a big fan of arranging around asynchronous interaction so people can dive in when it suits. I don't think having a time means people can't interact after the fact but it should be clear the synchronisation is optional.
@whatatoots Yes, I enjoy both. I'm just suggesting a short time frame where live interaction becomes easy to find for those who want it.
@IzzyKamikaze @whatatoots I think early Irish twitter was based around following hashtags like #Vinb to discuss the show and politics - I don't think there's a current affairs show like that to pull together large groups of people for #Mastodaoine - or if there is I'm not aware or watching it these days.
@Lamhfada @IzzyKamikaze @whatatoots
Rose of Tralee should be the next one.
@Lamhfada @IzzyKamikaze @whatatoots But mostly, the key is to get them on mastodon.ie and follow the local feed
@faduda @Lamhfada @IzzyKamikaze @whatatoots
I do have a wander down the local timeline and chip in and say hi when I can. I like having a conversation with people and mastodon.ie is Still small enough that that's feasible.