I recently tried to join Mastodon, and like Twitter before it, I don’t understand the premise. You follow individuals instead of topics, and if you try to follow hashtags they change on a whim all the time so you’re unlikely to get relevant posts.

Am I missing something, or is the purpose just to shout your opinions into the void? Could any Twitter/Mastodon users explain it to me like I’m 4?

  • OscarRobin@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    Microblogging is for following individuals and for general public sentiment vs forums which are for following specific topics and communities