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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 (2/2) "what account? What topic? Where?"

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Starting like so

"Following groups centered around certain topics (gardening, Lion taming) on mastadon is an easy process. Here's how"

1. Use the following tool to find groups that interest you

Tool link"

2. Enter your mastadon handle at which point the following will happen

or alternatively

3. If I group names comes though via your mastadon feed do this.

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@smokler

"Enter your mastadon handle at which point the following will happen"

I'm not sure what you mean by this? You don't need to enter your handle anywhere.

Show threadKevin Smokler
@feditips I went to the article featuring the very nice collection of groups you linked to. I found a group I liked. I hit "join" at which point it asked for my mastadon handle which I entered at which poitn I had joined.
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@smokler

Ah okay. There is an easier way, you can copy-paste the address into the search box on Mastodon. This will bring up the group's profile and you can just click "follow". (There are instructions for this on fedi.directory, in the link at the top saying "how to use this site".)

I'd normally just do a long list of mentioned accounts to follow over on @FediFollows so that you don't have to copy/paste. However, in this case it would spam all of the group members of all the groups

Show threadKevin SmoklerJul 11, 2023
@feditips Understood, thank you