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There are lots of interesting group accounts you can follow on here, they work like this:

1. Follow a group's account to see discussion of its topic
2. @ the account if you want to post to the group
3. The account boosts anything @-ed to it, be careful when you @ them so that you don't spam the group (spammers tend to be reported and blocked)

More info, incl. how to create groups, at:

➡️ https://fedi.tips/how-to-use-groups-on-the-fediverse/

I've listed some active and friendly groups at:

➡️ https://fedi.directory/tag/fediverse-groups/

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Groups federate much more effectively than hashtags, so they are a useful alternative to hashtag following. Group posts reach all the group's followers no matter which server they are on. This makes them very useful on very new servers that haven't built up many connections yet.

I haven't listed any example groups by @-ing as I don't want to spam any group's members. However, if you want to post to a group all you need to do is @ it.

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Show threadKevin SmoklerJul 11, 2023
@feditips Try this in plain, human-centered English please. This clarifies nothing.
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@smokler

If you read the article I linked to, it is in plain English.

I'm trying to work within character limits so I can't repeat the article verbatim on here.

Was there some particular part of this post that I can clarify?

I added the second post because inevitably when I mention groups there are lots of replies saying "Groups are obsolete, we can just use hashtag following", so I was trying to pre-empt having to do lots of replies to replies.

Show threadKevin Smokler

@feditips Fair enough. And yes, I was able to follow the hip hop group via the instructions laid out in the article. But the purpose of a summary is to shorten AND clarify not simply shorten. Also first sentences, to borrow and old-fashioned rule from both newspaper journalism and songwriting are where you grab the reader/listener. So starting with

1. Follow the account to see discussion of the topic

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Jul 11, 2023 at 6:53pmWeb