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My favorite Mastodon feature is the ability to subscribe to hashtags [1] which makes discovering people to connect with super easy and you don't feel like a vic

My favorite Mastodon feature is the ability to subscribe to hashtags [1] which makes discovering people to connect with super easy and you don't feel like a victim to some magic algorithm. Another thing I love about it is the small niche little community instances like this photographer [2] community. Themed instances make a huge difference in organizing your social media time - it feels less of a distraction and more of a purposeful exchange. I talk photos, close the browser tab and it feels like I've done what I set out to do, whereas whole purpose of Twitter is to steal your attention for the sake of ad revenue - so you start with a purpose and end up feeling like you've done free work for someone. Like one of those early internet gigs that made you to surf semi-random ads for few pennies. 1 - https://i.imgur.com/gXhLLPG.png https://i.imgur.com/gXhLLPG.png 2 - https://photog.social/ https://photog.social/

brunoqc 5y ago
> My favorite Mastodon feature is the ability to subscribe to hashtags [1] You need to enable "advanced web interface", search for a hashtag, click the top right icon and then pin it, right? I had no idea I could do that. Thanks! EDIT: I'm having a hard time adding tags like "#matrix", it insists on me using autocomplete and propose #matrixdotorg.
- kertoip_1 5y ago
  Ahh, what a disappointment. Being able to subscribe to hashtags is the feature I wanted to see for so long and when I saw the first comment, I thought they did it finally. But no, it's not what I needed. It should not be called "subscribing hashtags", but "pinning" them
  - wraptile 5y ago
    That's what it is tho. You create a time-line filter that shows only posts containing those hashtags - is that not a subscription? There are also more literal implementations for this like SocialHome [1] where you can click + on hashtags you like and public post with them appear in your home timeline 1 - https://socialhome.network/ https://socialhome.network/

brunoqc 5y ago

> My favorite Mastodon feature is the ability to subscribe to hashtags [1] You need to enable "advanced web interface", search for a hashtag, click the top right icon and then pin it, right? I had no idea I could do that. Thanks! EDIT: I'm having a hard time adding tags like "#matrix", it insists on me using autocomplete and propose #matrixdotorg.

kertoip_1 5y ago
Ahh, what a disappointment. Being able to subscribe to hashtags is the feature I wanted to see for so long and when I saw the first comment, I thought they did it finally. But no, it's not what I needed. It should not be called "subscribing hashtags", but "pinning" them
- wraptile 5y ago
  That's what it is tho. You create a time-line filter that shows only posts containing those hashtags - is that not a subscription? There are also more literal implementations for this like SocialHome [1] where you can click + on hashtags you like and public post with them appear in your home timeline 1 - https://socialhome.network/ https://socialhome.network/