If you view
You might not see much, if you create an account you might even see less
But, it’s namesake is not without cause, it is HUGE
To grow you need to follow something which will lead to something else.
As an example I posted outside my wheelhouse with the #gamedev tag
Beni, who has only two followers and is on Bluesky, not Mastodon seen and liked my post
how?
He has chosen to follow that hashtag and when someone uses it he sees their post
If game development interested you then you simply click (or create) that tag, then follow it
Now your timeline will fill with game development posts.
Now, Bluesky, to bridge with Mastodon you need to follow
You may already see posts as I follow,
Each person you follow adds to your timeline and with it their followers and tags
It’s how it works, so, follow each other, follow others, pace yourself or you won’t be able to keep up with your timeline
You may not see replies to others I noted even if you follow a person, I guess as it was a reply to someone else, still figuring it all out but thought I’d add what I’ve found out already.
DEFEDERATED
If you see that term it means a server blocked or muted another server, ask me how I know
yep, right now Mastodon is as left as they come, if you want to piss people off, support Trump
#gotrump is my preferred tag
Isn’t that bad?
You’ll figure it out.
If it’s left then why are we here?
We’ll add to that and this more soon