Nunie
How the heck do you find people? Where is the search button and why can't I follow people from other servers? How are other people following others from other servers? Did I pick the wrong server....? I just want easy ...
Nov 20, 2022 at 11:50amWeb
Show threadTheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Nov 20, 2022

@Arkandove Searching is by far best accomplished on the web interface.

No app has all the functionality of the web interface, and of all the apps, the Mastodon ones are the poorest. Metatext on iOS and Tusky on Android are much better.

But either way, the web interface is the way to go for searching.

You can search by name or hashtag.

Show threadTheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Nov 20, 2022
@Arkandove You can follow people from other servers. Just find them, then follow them. You don't see their old posts, just their new ones.
Show threadNunieNov 20, 2022
@thegurkha thank you!
Show threadNunieNov 20, 2022
@thegurkha where is the web interface?
Show threadTheGurkha 🇬🇧🇺🇦Nov 20, 2022

@Arkandove It's what you get when you open Mastodon in a web browser.

https://mstdn.social/

Mastodon 🐘

A general-purpose Mastodon server with a 500 character limit. All languages are welcome.

Mastodon hosted on mstdn.social
Show threadJeffNov 20, 2022
@Arkandove If you know someone's server and username, you can search them to follow - server.name/@username ... sometimes you need to put https:// in front of it. I haven't yet figured out why it's only sometimes.
Show threadNunieNov 20, 2022
@blueberrywerewolf thank you so much for helping me!
Show threadJeffNov 20, 2022
@Arkandove For sure! I found it a bit tricky myself when I first got here.