@zimpenfish (because I knew what I was doing)
@zimpenfish I initially did Digital Ocean's smallest machine, but had continuous RAM warnings so doubled it. Warning were just that, though. Still ran.
If you're not a linux/Rails head upgrading to the latest is interesting. I used a prebuilt one and it was alright.
@zimpenfish Is pleroma better? I find Ruby masto a but resource hungry.
Greetings and Welcome to the Fediverse.
Your first mission, should you choose to accept it, is to start finding people to follow.
You really don't have to be super picky right now. You just want to start getting your feed busy so you can start organically finding content.
Additionally, if you've decided to use the Tweetdeck-style advanced interface, make sure to set up one or more columns with hashtags you want to follow! That's another big way people discover content on here!
Mastodon doesn't default to having an in-your-face content algorithm, which does mean that you need to put in a _little_ more work to find stuff you want to engage with. This is a good thing!
Your second mission, of course, is to actually _engage_ with stuff you like, instead of just liking and walking away. Having conversations with "randos" is a lot easier and less awkward on here, and people are more likely to respond to you. Talk to us! Even (especially) if we have a lot of followers! This is how you get the other end of the puzzle (people who follow _you_).
Enjoy your stay and I hope it's safe and cozy <3
RT @caitoz
Yowza. https://twitter.com/DanielDumbrill/status/1589144347538513920
RT @andrewfeinstein
When authors sent a piece on Margaret Hodge’s profiteering from apartheid South Africa to the Guardian, they strung them along for months before refusing to publish this exposure of a key Corbyn critic as an apartheid profiteer, preventing its publication elsewhere for months https://twitter.com/jmcevoy_2/status/1588609914305646592
The Musk fans disagreeing with this but not actually being able to explain why they disagree with it in this timeline or a treat.
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RT @johniadarola
Elon Musk is single-handedly destroying the myth that the rich are smarter or more talented than the rest of us.
https://twitter.com/johniadarola/status/1588604449857056769
RT @raphaeldogg
This https://twitter.com/LaikaAlan/status/1588805768132071430
RT @BareLefter
Wild how absolutely none of the three main parties are suggesting the one thing that would actually save the NHS; building capacity into the system itself with good pay and working conditions to attract and retain staff. https://twitter.com/MichelePaduano/status/1588454849037103105
RT @brianbeutler
This thing where Republicans can campaign freely, even as they’ve made every Dem campaign event a huge security risk, is the kind of relevant information members of the bothsides media *could* present to consumers in the course of regular election coverage. But they refuse. https://twitter.com/joanwalsh/status/1588879306897657859
RT @DecampDave
So they launch these war games, provoke a bunch of North Korean missiles launches and then say they have to extend the war games because of the missile launches… https://twitter.com/antiwarcom/status/1588359909992976385
Francis. Old guy in the corner. Socialist, maybe even a (shock) Marxist. Can't stop writing. Musician. Coder for over 30 years.