Patrick LaForgeJournalists interested in sharing news with nonfollowers across timelines and instances could start rigorously using a simple hashtag like #news when sharing their work, with additional topic tags when warranted. #breakingnews for urgency. You can set up Mastodon to show you specific hashtags (or ignore them if this is not your thing).
xian@palafo what happens when people spam these hashtags?
Chris BrownYou can follow hashtags directly on Mastodon v4+, having the hashtag allows your posts to reach more people that would be interested in specific subjects/keywords by letting it be found through searching hashtags or following hashtags.
jrg@73rdnemesio @mediajunkie @palafo You can follow hashtags?! I’m going to have to look for that when I get the chance.