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?

  • regalia@literature.cafe
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    8
    ·
    1 year ago

    Basically it’s user/brand centric and is why it’s boring as hell. The evil “algorithm” Twitter had tried to add relevant topics to your feed instead of the same copy&paste person posting the same political opinion for the millionth time.