I recently joined Mastodon, and I found it jarring that it has very few discoverability features.

So I’ve built this little tool to help build connections with people: https://followgraph.vercel.app/

Check it out!

#mastodon #discovery #discoverability #fediverse

Followgraph for Mastodon

Find people to follow on Mastodon by expanding your follow graph.

@gabipurcaru The lack of discoverbility is a feature, not a fault. We work to protect the vulnerable among us and provide a safe place for everybody. So we make it easy for people who want to hide, for instance from violent spouses or racists and neo-Nazis, to do so. That is why you cannot search by name or text outside your instance. The only search is by #hashtag. So if you want to be found, add #hashtages to your tweets.

@BertL thanks for the feedback!

I looked into this, and I see that Mastodon allows people to explicitly opt out of being discovered by setting a flag on their profile ("Suggest account to others").

#followgraph honours this flag and hides people who don't want to be discovered.