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?
i personally have a firefish account but it hasn’t really ‘clicked’ for me. i don’t follow a whole ton of people so my personal feed is pretty slow. i’ve had a couple of meaningful interactions but on there and before the latest elon meltdown i was aware of some interesting ARGs/spooky threads on the birdsite but otherwise i don’t really vibe with microblogging.
i was made aware of spacehey recently and i adore any social media with that level of customization but my issue is that i really don’t have anything to blog about. maybe i need to lead a more exciting life? lol