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[-] marx2k@beehaw.org 8 points 2 years ago

The problem: I logged back in to mastodon today and it's dead af. I can't tell if I'm doing something wrong or is just not used at all.

[-] donio@beehaw.org 18 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Mastodon doesn't push content into your face, you get only what you ask for: the people and hashtags you follow. One caveat is that hashtag follow works much better if you are on a larger instance with more users and their follows pulling in more posts for a given hashtag.

For a specific example I am on mastodon.social and I follow a handful of individuals and a few hashtags (#boardgames and #emacs are probably the biggest ones) and I see about 50-80 posts a day which is plenty for me, especially if I dig into their threads.

[-] spoonful@beehaw.org 7 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

My favorite feature not many people know of is that you can follow hashtags! This is by far the best way to get content on Mastodon.

[-] cecirdr@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

How do I see all the hashtags that I could follow? I've been trying searches and I'm not hitting the right keywords yet.

nm- I'm dumb. I typed in rpg for instance and hit the return key instead of seeing the option to do to the hashtag. Doh!

this post was submitted on 05 Jun 2023
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