Mastodon client can filter on language. Hashtags are a thing, most clients can search/filter on them. The pond is tiny, so certain non-mainstream communities t

Mastodon client can filter on language. Hashtags are a thing, most clients can search/filter on them. The pond is tiny, so certain non-mainstream communities that were driven out of other "real" platforms (i.e. platforms that are trying to sell you something) are a much higher percentage of the feed. But it's more or less just like Twitter, loudmouths tend to dominate, and 95% of the feed is garbage. Instance homing is really the biggest problem Fedi has right now, instances are hard to characterize without camping them for some time, they're mostly small hence the loudmouth problem, and stability is an issue, they still come and go frequently. One of the problems with anarchy is that it's hard to manage.