Hi everyone - I've had this account for over 2 years, but haven't been using it.
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Hi everyone - I've had this account for over 2 years, but haven't been using it. I'm still active on X, and also on Bluesky, but I thought I'd check this out. I'm an Australian professor of linguistics based at the University of Birmingham in the UK. I'm a hearing person who works with deaf and hearing colleagues on understanding the structure and use of signed languages of deaf communities.
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@adamschembri welcome to the fediverse, happy to have you here. I was missing your posts!
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@MarcSchulder Thanks - I don't know how this works so do you know a good guide to Mastodon?
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@adamschembri biggest difference to other services: it really matters what accounts and hashtags you follow (or hide). They will strongly impact your experience, as you get no algorithmically suggested content.
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@adamschembri after you’ve gotten settled you might also consider switching to another instance, as mastodon.social is quite spammy due to being a supermassive instance. Reliable instances with a academia focus are for example fediscience, where I am, and fedihum.org
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@adamschembri for lots of other infos, https://fedi.tips is a good starting place
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@MarcSchulder @adamschembri They also run https://fedi.directory/ where you can look for some categorized profiles