Technology @lemmy.world john_fisherman @lemmy.world 3w ago

How I use Mastodon in 2025 - fredrocha.net

fredrocha.net How I use Mastodon in 2025 - fredrocha.net

Some of the cool things I have discovered Mastodon lets you do.

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Any good things to follow on Mastodon? I've tried using it, but between BlueSky and Lemmy, it doesn't seem to have as many users. No biggie, just asking. Cheers!
- Mastodon actually has way more users than Lemmy but you need to follow each person indivdually instead of just following a community, which is probably why it feels more empty
  
  Its why I could never get down with the twitterverse. Seems like the people magazine of the internet. Im not interested in people, im interested in specific subjects and ideas. Maybe im missing something.
- I want to throw in a second good word for hashtags. I follow a tiny handful of people, almost entirely personal friends. But I follow a lot of hashtags. Because it typically is the content that I'm after as opposed to a particular person. If my favorite poster of weather information decides to post something about accounting, I don't really want to see that. Also following a hashtag gets you a lot more exposure to like-minded people than you would if you were trying to follow them all individually, and you see a lot more posts about things you enjoy.
  
  Would you say there's a good amount of hashtags and what not for the creative type? I'm trying to find ways to network with people in my industry a little better. Cheers mate
  
  I wish mastodon made tags as easy as Tumblr did. I hate that they clutter up the post and that there's no autocomplete.
- I use mastodon to read about what scientists and environmentalists are writing. So not really for social, more like science based post viewing
  
  What are your top recommendations, my friend? I'm big on that, I like the social aspects if sites in a sense, but I prefer having a grouped area for my news.
  
  While politics are important to stay up to date on, I'm trying to fix mt feeds to have as minimal political news as possible, unless I click on it.
  
  I've been using inoreader, but haven't quite figured it out either. I'd like to follow scientists and environmentalists like you mentioned, but also artists, designers, small businesses, etc.
  
  I'm trying to stay up to date in my relevant fields, but also find people to donate my time to. I've heard mastodon is great for networking, but to be honest, everyone on lemmy has been bad ass. This is becoming my new hub, does lemmy connect into mastodon fediverse thingy? Lol!
- I use Mastodon to follow people and Lemmy to follow topics.
  
  I actually created a Proof of concept where each hashtag would be a subreddit like interface a couple of weeks ago. Its VERY rough but links2 compatible :D. The idea is the first hashtag will be the "lemmy community" like interface. Its just mastodon.py with a very small fast api front end. Popped it up in an hour or so. I need to work on the UI badly but I keep not having the spoons.
  
  Any way I can help you with your goals? No charge of course. I'd like to see more free options available for people, my time is worth the sacrifice to help give power back to the people.
- It's definitely work in progress. But it has also grown a lot, and you will have no issues finding good content there. Hashtags and "people that the people you follow follow" are a good start. Also, at the end of my post you'll find some seed suggestions. :)
  
  Right on! Thanks for the genuinely helpful response, I've been trying to expand my presence on that app as well. Cheers mate!
- I follow a couple people like Hempuli (Baba Is You dev), Internetarchive, and David Revoy (Pepper & Carrot comic creator). Really depends on what you wanna follow. I follow them because I'm interested in their work in one way or another.

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