@britt

Can you or someone else please explain to me what the advantage of being on a different server is?

I'm still learning #Mastodon, but it seems to me that if you follow certain hashtags you will pull posts from any server?

What am I missing?

@Strider absolutely! Your server is your home base of sorts. It opens up a special timeline called ‘Local’. Some people like having that on top of their ‘Home’ feed (all Following posts) so they can browse posts only from the people on their server outside of everyone they follow everywhere else. It gives you topic flexibility and let’s you network with others with similar interests.

For example, our local feed is full of a diversity of #gaming chatter. It’s really awesome. Hope that helps!