HASHTAGS: why they are important

As my fedi-feed gets busier, I think back to a week or two ago and all the posts about how important boosting is, and how pointless liking/favouriting is.

I'd just like to say: in my experience now? Bollocks.

My feed is busy enough now that I can't really keep up: boosted posts are a big part of that, to the point I've removed people that are boosting a ton of stuff that's not of interest and only a little that is.

But what IS critical is:

Hashtags.

Being able to follow them is an absolute game-changer.

eg. if you've checked out my profile because I liked your #caturday post, this is why: I can see posts that have been hashtagged, I don't need to follow individual accounts as much, but to give people an acknowledgement that I've read & enjoyed their post, I favourite rather than boost when posts are hashtagged.

Boosting I now save for topics that are universal or that imho NEED more reach. So I'm reversing the recommended practise of massive boosting / few likes.

Obviously this only works when people hashtag! The other benefit of hashtagging is that people can also filter so they don't see anything with that hashtag. It's win-win all round!

One last point: it's much better for usability to hashtag at the end of the post rather than through the post.

Feel free to boost this though, if you think it's info people NEED! 😅

#boostless #hashtagoften
#hashtags #HashtagHelp #TwitterMigration