I get why naysayers and birdsite refugees both grouse about adoption hurdles. But I just found out I can:
-Follow hashtags and pin the column, same as on Tweetdeck
-Make lists or follow others' lists and pin them
-Follow a group of posters on a topic (like @bookstodon!).
And it seems like every day some amazing human is rolling out a new interface tweak or a new Thing you can do.
@lah Help a newblet out if I'm doing it wrong, but I found 2 ways to track a hashtag:
1. With a pinned column.
-Preferences > ✅ "Enable advanced web interface"
-Return to home screen, where your UI should look like Tweetdeck
-Click any hashtag you see. A new column appears all the way to the right, with the selected hashtag in the header.
-Click the 3-bar icon in the top right corner of that new column > "pin"
2. Search-n-Follow
- With Advanced Web Interface enabled, search the hashtag.
- A new column appears all the way to the right. In the header of the column, click the follow icon (that wee feller just to the right of the "< Back").
@lah Glad to be learning the ropes with friendlies! And I'm not sure either yet.
But I'm starting to think about the main instance I start with as though it's a dorm. Are you going to hang out mainly in your dorm for 4 yrs? Nah. You're gonna visit other dorms. Your friends are gonna visit yours,. And you can move to a new dorm any time if your dorm does something dumb or find one that sticks out.
I think that's why I like Advanced Web View. The columns somehow make it make sense for me.
Rae Hodge
LAH