If you're new around here, welcome. This is a website where basically every post you read is something you'll be interested in because it's built to be that way. There's no algorithm and that can be a tough change if you're used to that as your primary means of discovery. That's ok! Change is hard but it's not impossible otherwise it wouldn't be called change it would be called, uh, I'm not sure. Change'nt. Or something.
Also please don't read this as an official guide I'm just providing my perspective)
Where do I find people to follow?
- Tags! Much like Tumblr, people here use tags for the stuff they discuss and media they post. You can find some people you're interested in there.
- Friends! You're likely coming from Twitter. Ask around! If you know some people who are on here, ask em' for some recs (I'll leave mine below after the jump). If they aren't on Cohost, bring em'! The more the merrier or whatever.
- Search! Some usernames you are familiar with might be here already.
- Lists! A lot of users are gonna see the new wave of people and recommend some follows.
- Shares! The people you start following will share posts and there's basically no reason not to follow those people, too!
- Reminder that following is free and unfollowing someone will not alert them and is also free. Don't like what is on your feed all of a sudden? Unfollow. There's no follower counts here. It's not the point. The point is for you to see stuff you're interested in.
I don't understand how posting works here. How do I make a good post?
It literally doesn't matter. Cohost has no metrics. There is no 'good' post. They're all just posts here. Post whatever you want. Post a blog. Post poetry. Post art. Post nudes. Post pictures of your cat to the #cats of cohost tag.
In case you were thrown here without a buoy in an effort to escape Twitter, let me be clear: this is not Twitter. This site is not designed to firehose you with shit. It's meant to encourage you to find people and topics you connect with. It's designed to very purposely not prey on the bad parts of your brain to keep you addicted, angry, and in need of validation. You will have to break some habits to understand how the site works but I promise you, you'll love it when you do. When you're settled in, Cohost is genuinely a site where every post is interesting because you've ensured it is. I love it for that. I hope you do too.
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