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Hashtags do not replace groups. (atomicpoet.org)

submitted 2 weeks ago by atomicpoet@atomicpoet.org to c/fediverse@lemmy.world

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Hashtags do not replace groups.

No one moderates them. They’re easy to hijack and spam. And there’s simply no permanence to them.

Which is why, if you actually want to discuss something, it’s better to tag a group. For example, if you want to be part of an actual PC gaming community on the Fediverse, it’s better to tag @pcgaming@lemmy.ca than #pcgaming.

This needs to be common knowledge because people new to the Fediverse do not know about groups. Hell, I’d say people who have had Mastodon accounts for years still don’t know. And that’s a shame.

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[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 60 points 2 weeks ago

Communities are for Lemmy and hashtags are for Mastodon.

They each make sense in their proper context.

[-] atomicpoet@lemmy.world 28 points 2 weeks ago

What if I told you that you can use Lemmy with Mastodon right now—and that many people do?

[-] webghost0101@sopuli.xyz 24 points 2 weeks ago

I have heard of the opposite. Mastodon users can see and comment on lemmy posts, but i have yet to discover how to view mastodon post from lemmy.

If it is indeed possible can you or anyone elaborate how to?

[-] Kolanaki@pawb.social 26 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

The mastadon user posting the thing needs to tag the Lemmy community in their post and then it will show up like any other post on Lemmy. You wouldn't even know it's from Mastodon unless they said so in the post.

[-] catloaf@lemm.ee 25 points 2 weeks ago

You can usually tell it's from Mastodon because it's got a couple dozen hashtags scattered throughout the post and a dozen more users and communities tagged.