Druid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Jul 2, 2023

Around 80% of long-standing #Mastodon users are currently explaining how to use Mastodon. So I'll join in by saying...

If you like a post then press the boost button. Liking a post is great and shows your appreciation but there's no other system functionality behind it. Boosting on the other hand, shares the post with a wider audience, which is the only way posts really get seen. Oh and use lots of hashtags as that's the best way to find specific content. #MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration

Show threadSoerenJul 2, 2023
@druid is it true that Liking does nothing in the background to make the toot more likely to appear in someone's timeline or search?
Show threadDruid 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Jul 2, 2023
@solarbabies That's absolutely true. There are no weird little secret algorithms running in the background on Mastodon. There are no mechanisms that make some posts more likely to be seen than others... apart from manually boosting. Boosting effectively copies that post onto your timeline for all of your followers to see at that point in time.
Show threadSoeren
@druid got it, thanks!
Jul 2, 2023 at 11:59pmWeb