Logan Five ThousandMar 22, 2023

So before I joined Mastodon, I read a couple of articles about it, and they said, "Use a lot of hashtags! A LOT!" And I said, "OK!" to myself aloud. So I've been using a lot of hashtags, but as I look at my feed...I don't think a lot of people use many hashtags. And one friend mentioned that they find them annoying.

So when should a person use hashtags? Just for very specific topics (e.g., #StarTrek)? And maybe to make a joke?

Do you like to use #hashtags? Or do you just leave them out?
Thanks!

Show threadLexMar 22, 2023

@LoganFive

Maybe it's too obvious, but I always start out with the question "Who could find this post interesting?" and then use hashtags that might apply.

For example, I post a lot about solarpunk, but then I often use hashtags like books, gardening, climatejustice as well when they fit the theme of the post.

Finding the relevant and much-used hashtags is a science in itself - it took me forever to find the hashtag allstartrek for example 😀

#mastodon

Show threadLogan Five ThousandMar 22, 2023
@lex Thank you for this. Can I ask, what is the difference between the hashtags allstartrek and startrek?
Show threadLexMar 22, 2023

@LoganFive

I'm not sure - let's ask the crowd!

Trekkies can you help us?

What's the difference between #allstartrek and #startrek ?

How do you use them?

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@lex @LoganFive Three letters? OK, seriously I never saw the AllStarTrek hashtag before today.
Mar 22, 2023 at 8:16pmWeb