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Mastodon is useless (to me.)
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You have to use hashtags on Mastodon if you want your messages to be seen because there is no AI to fill timelines. People follow hashtags and search for them. Then you'll get likes and boosts.
And, you control your own timeline by following hashtags, following people, and searching for hashtags. This way, unlike Twitter, your timeline only has posts that you are interested in. Once you get this set up, it's quite nice to only see posts that you like reading, without advertising and without posts meant to enrage you.
Also you can use https://fedi.directory to find great people to follow.
How do I follow hashtags? I am using the official Mastodon app for Android.
@kratoz29 @Jerry as stated here: https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashtags-on-mastodon-and-the-fediverse/
"The official Android app doesn’t yet support hashtag following", but you can use a different app that supports that feature. For example Tusky. :emoji_wink:
Thanks for the heads up!