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When you boost an older post, say, a few days/weeks+ old, how do you typically find it?

(Maybe pick the top two or three?)

#fediverse #mastodon #poll #boosts

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@[email protected]

You forgot “I’m really, really behind in reading my timeline” 😅🤣

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I mostly just see older posts boosted into my timeline. Sometimes I browse hashtags, but being on a single user instance, this typically requires third party tools, or going to mastodon.social to be useful.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@[email protected]

Ohne jetzt selbst eine eigene Instanz zu haben...
Ich glaube das Zauberwort heißt "Relay host(s)".

Suchmaschine sagt weit oben:

https://fedi.tips/using-relays-to-quickly-expand-a-servers-view-of-the-fediverse/

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@[email protected]
I missed: "I take some time exploring my lists."

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

@josemurilo Ah, I have to get into habit of using them again.

I stopped for a while when it was discovered that on Mastodon, when an account moves, they're removed from any lists you added them to. (That should be fixed now.)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@[email protected]
That’s my main discovery tool. I had hundreds of it on Twitter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Seems about right. I wish I added "Lists" as an option, that might account for a big chunk of "Something else", I'd imagine.

Thanks everyone for voting and sharing!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

@[email protected]
Someone comes to my attention either by following me or boosting/liking something of mine, or maybe I just see one of their posts and I’m curious. Then I look at their profile, and if I see something interesting I may boost it. Especially if it’s a pinned post, or if they don’t post that often so scrolling a short way goes back a long time, it might be something from a while ago.