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?

  • danielton@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz
    4·
    10 months ago

    I didn’t get it until I found the artists on Twitter. Unfortunately, they’re now scattering all over the place with Elon’s bullshit.

    I have one artist friend on Mastodon, Arsbin@mastodon.art, but so far she’s the only one.

    I never cared much for the political or celebrity bullshit on Twitter.