One of the best ways of discovering interesting accounts and posts on here is to follow hashtags.
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One of the best ways of discovering interesting accounts and posts on here is to follow hashtags. It's really easy to do:
1. Search for a hashtag
2. Click the hashtag you want from the suggestions
3. On the results page for that hashtag, click "Follow" at the top of the pagePosts with followed tags will start showing up in your timeline.
There is lots more info about hashtag following (including how to manage and unfollow tags) in the guide at:
️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse@FediTips Notes for new users: this can be useful, providing you don't mind your timeline being so busy you struggle to find the posts of accounts you follow.
The reasons for this are:
- There is no way to move followed hashtags to a list to declutter your timeline.
- It ignores your language settings, so you'll see matching posts in all languages.Fine for niche topics. Nightmare for, say, your sportsball of choice.
tl;dr: Following hashtags is useful, but it has its problems.
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One of the best ways of discovering interesting accounts and posts on here is to follow hashtags. It's really easy to do:
1. Search for a hashtag
2. Click the hashtag you want from the suggestions
3. On the results page for that hashtag, click "Follow" at the top of the pagePosts with followed tags will start showing up in your timeline.
There is lots more info about hashtag following (including how to manage and unfollow tags) in the guide at:
️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse@FediTips This is so cool but yes, it can be overwhelming. I like to use Tusky's tabs to read from lists and you can also add hashtags as a tab
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@FediTips This is so cool but yes, it can be overwhelming. I like to use Tusky's tabs to read from lists and you can also add hashtags as a tab
️Great tip
People on computers can also do something similar by pinning hashtag search columns in Advanced Web Mode:
https://fedi.tips/how-to-activate-mastodons-tweetdeck-style-advanced-web-interface/
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@FediTips Notes for new users: this can be useful, providing you don't mind your timeline being so busy you struggle to find the posts of accounts you follow.
The reasons for this are:
- There is no way to move followed hashtags to a list to declutter your timeline.
- It ignores your language settings, so you'll see matching posts in all languages.Fine for niche topics. Nightmare for, say, your sportsball of choice.
tl;dr: Following hashtags is useful, but it has its problems.
Yeah, it's a balancing act!
Once you see how many posts a tag brings in, you can try to be more specific, but the number of posts a tag draws in will vary a lot depending on which server you are on.
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One of the best ways of discovering interesting accounts and posts on here is to follow hashtags. It's really easy to do:
1. Search for a hashtag
2. Click the hashtag you want from the suggestions
3. On the results page for that hashtag, click "Follow" at the top of the pagePosts with followed tags will start showing up in your timeline.
There is lots more info about hashtag following (including how to manage and unfollow tags) in the guide at:
️ https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse@FediTips here is one thing I still don’t understand. Are my posts on Mastodon distributed automatically to all instances?
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@FediTips here is one thing I still don’t understand. Are my posts on Mastodon distributed automatically to all instances?
All of your posts are distributed to all instances of people who follow you.
Some of your posts may also end up on additional instances if they've been boosted by someone, or if you have posted to a group.
Additionally, if you pin a post to your profile that will be distributed to all instances where your account has been mentioned.
There is a complete list of what instances notice here:
https://fedi.tips/which-posts-and-accounts-can-i-see-from-my-server/
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All of your posts are distributed to all instances of people who follow you.
Some of your posts may also end up on additional instances if they've been boosted by someone, or if you have posted to a group.
Additionally, if you pin a post to your profile that will be distributed to all instances where your account has been mentioned.
There is a complete list of what instances notice here:
https://fedi.tips/which-posts-and-accounts-can-i-see-from-my-server/
@FediTips Super interesting. Is there a way to see how broad the reach of my account is? I'd love to see which instances are currently hosting my content.
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@FediTips Super interesting. Is there a way to see how broad the reach of my account is? I'd love to see which instances are currently hosting my content.
It's basically all the servers of all your followers
You can also go beyond this reach any time you want if you post to a group, group posts reach all their members even if they don't follow you:
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It's basically all the servers of all your followers
You can also go beyond this reach any time you want if you post to a group, group posts reach all their members even if they don't follow you:
@FediTips eheh I was wondering if there was an easy way to check this. For example a website that shows for each account the number of instances that are hosting that account’s content and the total MAU (monthly active users).
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@FediTips eheh I was wondering if there was an easy way to check this. For example a website that shows for each account the number of instances that are hosting that account’s content and the total MAU (monthly active users).
Not that I know of.
