Been using lemmy and really enjoying it. I have a twitter account that does me no good so Mastodon seemed very appealing. I joined an instance, made some posts, tried interacting with a lot of people. . . I dunno. It just never really grabbed me.

I've noticed that content seems to federate on lemmy better than on Mastodon even though lemmy is younger, and I'm under the impression this is true for kbin as well though I don't personally use it. I'd love to hear how you guys feel about it - as an artist the idea of having a blog to share my creations as well as life updates is cool but man it's just so dead

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[–] [email protected] 50 points 2 years ago (5 children)

So, the issue with Mastodon is that there's no global search and discovery. In order to be found, things have to be hashtagged. The problem with hashtagging is that twitter clout weirdos made hashtagging SO uncool that nobody, anywhere, wants to do it anymore. So, do search hashtags related to your interests and follow folks that are posting to them, but that may not get you too many hits.

If you're on an instance that isn't enormous, try the local timeline to identify some folks to follow. On big instances, that's not usually useful because it's too big a firehose.

For art specifically maybe see the stuff that curator on mastodon.art boosts: https://mastodon.art/@Curator

This is why Lemmy/Kbin is potentially cooler for some applications than Mastodon. Since communities are (a) not stigmitized like tags and (b) also mandatory, plus search exists, it's much easier to find things! (Although there's not yet much to be found)

[–] tenth 7 points 2 years ago

This. Mastodon need to work on discovery.

Thanks for the tips on tags. I initially followed tags but could not unfollow them using official mastodon app so I gave up. Have since switched to Metatext but Lemmy has way better content so I’d rather spent my time there

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 years ago

This is actually really helpful, thanks!

[–] kratoz29 5 points 2 years ago

Now that I think about it, hashtags are the most cringe thing for me, even when I agree that they are useful, I mean, I use tags for whatever software I use that supports it lol.

[–] Daisychan 3 points 2 years ago

I wasn't able to find good content on Mastodon so I gave up early on. I didn't know about the hashtag thing! Thank you for this

[–] Lifecoach5000 2 points 2 years ago

I’m still learning the lay of the land here and not a hashtag fan myself, but I was curious if I made a hashtag here and I was following that hashtag on Mastodon if it would should up there. I tested it earlier and didn’t seem to work - which is fine. Just still trying to figure out all the interactions within the fediverse.