Who should I be following in the Fediverse?

Alison Wilder

@tylerlwsmith sounds like you have plenty of suggestions...given your list, you have definitely come to the right place!

Mx. Eddie R

@tylerlwsmith
A few good ones:
* @sundogplanets is an astronomer who talks about space junk (and space junk that has become Saskatchewan junk)
* @mos_8502 posts about electronics and stuff, and is making a neo-retro game console
* @futurebird posts about ants with such joy and enthusiasm that you find yourself excited about ants too
* @sinituulia posts about cats and clothes and sewing and silliness
* @eclectech makes cute and silly pictures
* @moonrabbit makes raku ceramic spirits and friends

Carl

@tylerlwsmith Welcome! I would suggest following some hashtags around your favorite languages, game tooling, and we dev tools and you'll pick up interesting folks to engage with and follow pretty quickly

Anne Delong

@tylerlwsmith

I like the articles in MakeUseOf

@muo_official

Mastodon Migration

@tylerlwsmith

Here is a resource. Not the easiest thing to use, but lots of accounts to follow including plenty of infosec folks.

https://mastodon.online/@mastodonmigration.wordpress.com@mastodonmigration.wordpress.com/113516480482320836

Allpoints

@tylerlwsmith don't forget you can follow hashtags too

waysideollie

@tylerlwsmith you can follow hashtags and find people through their posts.

Julian Fietkau

@tylerlwsmith Hi Tyler! ️ I don't usually do this when someone asks who's worth following, but your list of topics makes me want to self-nominate. Lately my posts have been about half/half between fediverse development and human-computer interaction, where I do academic work. But I've previously posted about everything you've listed.

Jasper Burns

@tylerlwsmith hi there, I’d recommend to follow hashtags and particular bots. Its nice that you can make your individual timeline on Mastodon. Following hashtags also helps with finding likeminded people, that share your interests. Have fun!

Todd Knarr

@tylerlwsmith My contribution:

@navi
@ska
@ariadne
@timbray

Spark Purcell (they/them)

@tylerlwsmith @FediTips is a good start

Sterling

@tylerlwsmith
haven't seen some of these post in a bit...but...
Naomi Brockwell priv/acc @naomibrockwell
Jeff Geerling @geerlingguy
Mike Masnick ️ @mmasnick
NicoleBeckwith @NicoleBeckwith
BBcan177 @BBcan177
BrianKrebs @briankrebs
Tom Lawrence @tomlawrence
Chris Titus Tech @christitus
Jack Rhysider @jackrhysider
https://darknetdiaries.com
nixCraft @nixCraft

Supermoosie

@tylerlwsmith

Following people with similar interests is cool and all.

But what I like is people who have different interests and experience.

The mediaeval historian who went investigating why eels where everywhere in records of the time.

The guy trying to work out why there is a faint am radio station replaying the same songs everyday, where there shouldn't be any signal

The bee keeper
The info sec guy
People doing niche hobbies
The retro computer people

Stuff I didn't know about, but have learnt from.

Add some artists, pet pictures, nature photos etc to cleanse

Bernie the Wordsmith

@tylerlwsmith Very likely everyone must be telling you that your query matches, well, almost everyone here? Best piece of advice: find some people and then check who they follow if they allow it. Also, follow some super retooters like @PixelRobot and check @FediFollows

Bill

@tylerlwsmith

Many of the people I follow have been mentioned. I would also add @alice

Daniil Baturin

@tylerlwsmith @brunogirin Just checking: do you know that you can follow hashtags on Fediverse, rather than just individual accounts?

That's how I found most individual people I follow — by seeing their posts in my hashtag follow feed.

Doug

@tylerlwsmith hi there… instead of following specific people, you may want to start by following the hashtags you’re interested in. For example, #Development #HomeLabEt cetera.

Cavyherd

@tylerlwsmith

Take note of who's posting the stuff you find most interesting, & then follow who they're following.

Also follow hashtags. Marvelous wide-aperture net.

Marek

@tylerlwsmith Ron Gilbert (@grumpygamer, self-proclaimed to be 100% AI-free)

ShnizmuffiN

@tylerlwsmith if you expect nothing, I promise to not disappoint.