Steven T. DennisMastodon’s limitations mean it relies more on its users to surface good content. Search doesn’t really work. There are far fewer suggested posts. QTs don’t really exist yet. Trending doesn’t really work. So boosting becomes the absolutely critical way for other people to find interesting things. IE, if you see something you like, boost/RT it, tag people who you think might be interested, etc.
Boosts on here are what will make or break Mastodon. If people can find other interesting people and content, they will stay and the site will grow. If its too much of a chore, they won’t. Other sites reward lazier social media grazing, and they surface content designed to maximize engagement, which often = lies, hate, stuff that enrages rather than enlightens. Mastodon just surfaces what imembers boost.
Shield Maiden@steventdennis Searching via hashtags is good too.
@Judeet88 it’s ok but doesn’t seem to work for long.
@steventdennis "for long"...in what way? It surely depends on whether you're searching for in-the-news topics or something a bit more obscure?
@Judeet88 If you search on one of my hashtags, #FridayNightZillow only recent posts are included in the search. Which is a shame as it’s a weekly feature, so you have to go somewhere else to find all of them easily.
John “Mastodon“ O’Briant@steventdennis @Judeet88 When I search that tag, it goes back to about 10 weeks ago. Is it supposed to go further?