Sure. Efficiency isn’t everything, though. At the end of the article there are a few people to get you started. Then you can go to your favorites in that list, and follow some of the people THEY are following. Rinse and repeat, follow boosted folks. You’ll have 100 souls in no time.

That’s a valid point! I’ve been searching for places to hangout for a while, sometimes called “campfires”. Found a cool Discord with generous front-end folks (that’s a broad spectrum!), on frontend.horse.

Sounds good! Sometimes it’s hard to keep the momentum. Get back to me if you’re stuck!

Let’s go, Fred! Join the movement, build a website, share the link, link out, rinse and repeat! :)

Want some ideas? :)

It’s true that starter packs are a great idea. A lot of innovation can be done around lists, and this is a good example. I second what @sopuli.xyz said, taking it slow on the Fediverse feels good. It’s about the quality, not the quantity.

Connected! See you in the Fediverse. :)

This one: https://mastodon.social/@StepBacon ?

Any time! What’s your handle, I can follow you. :)

I also found about this today, maybe it’s useful: https://fediverse.info/explore/people

I mean, if you follow the right people you’ll get exposed to the right ideas. Most of the people I follow will not be posting about their kids or their brunch, but about cool articles or things they learned. Or am I missing something?

It’s definitely work in progress. But it has also grown a lot, and you will have no issues finding good content there. Hashtags and “people that the people you follow follow” are a good start. Also, at the end of my post you’ll find some seed suggestions. :)