I have been on the edge with twitter and reddit for a while and I have finally deleted my accounts that I have had for a very long time there. They are no longer the places I used to know, even more so with twitter. I am ready for my new time here and on mastodon.

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[–] Hikiru@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago (5 children)

I’ve checked a few instances of federated YouTube alternatives and just… no. Most of the content is right wing guys looking for a place to spread hate they can’t elsewhere. The type of people that watch Andrew Tate and Admin Ross. Lemmy is Great though, mastodon seems a little boring compared to twitter. The fix to that would be Elon fucking up enough that the very change averse average internet user would be willing to try mastodon.

[–] Drunemeton@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Mastodon gets better when you start following people by hashtag.

Account Settings > Profile > Featured Hashtags

Populate that area with hashtags of what interests you. Pretty soon you have people popping up that share your interests and you follow those that seem interesting.

[–] csolisr@communities.azkware.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

That's because you haven't found The Good Ones ™ such as TILVids

[–] Marxine@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Nick from The Linux Experiment is there, nice surprise! Gonna give it a try, the videos I saw on the front page seem cool.

[–] RooRLoord420@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

I think the thing that may finally drive people off the platform may be the limitation on viewing posts. Busy days, I'm not likely to hit the limit - big news day? Yeah, going to hit the limit pretty fucking fast.

[–] ellesper@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah- this is my big gripe with all of the alternative video sharing platforms. All of them have a significantly right-wing conspiracy theorist bias. Not really a place I see myself spending a lot of time, personally.

[–] coldhotman@nrsk.no 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)