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[-] Korne127@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

The problem I have with Mastodon is you need people to get people. And if the people I personally know and follow just aren't there, I don't… have fun there. Lemmy is much easier because it doesn't depend on personal people, but just communities. So even if there are few people, that's still easy to get more people there because it doesn't rely on many specific ones.

[-] mookulator@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Totally. Microblogging (twitter alternatives) have a much harder task because they depend on the right users. Especially famous/influential people. Post aggregators (Reddit alternatives) don’t have that constraint.

[-] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago

Just follow hashtags, it's by far the easiest way to find people. You can also just use the explore tab.

[-] george@a2mi.social 1 points 1 year ago

or just be a weirdo and reply to Lemmy comments from your Mastodon account like me. Then you don't need people on Mastodon since they're already on Lemmy.

[-] SapienSRC@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed. It took me a few tries to get into Mastodon. What helped me was discovering that I could follow hashtags of topics that interest me. That opened the door to interesting people to follow.