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First steps after booting up my own Mastodon instance (random-hero.com)
submitted 1 year ago by pinkolik@random-hero.com to c/fediverse@lemmy.world
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So I have set up my own Mastodon instance and it's empty. What should I do to fill up my instance with content? And how do I do that other users of Mastodon on other instances see my "tweets" on my instance?

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[โ€“] pinkolik@random-hero.com 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

And how would for example "mastodon.social" learn about my instance and show my toots to their users? Should someone from "mastodon.social" to search for me explicitly?

[โ€“] tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 3 points 1 year ago

You follow someone who is on mastodon.social, they see the follow, look at your profile and follow you back

Or you reply to a thread, someone on mastodon.social sees it, thinks you sound like someone they'd find interesting and follows you.