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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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FediTips has moved!Jul 11, 2023

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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Alexandra Jul 12, 2023

@feditips do you mean I do not see all the content if I follow the hashtags ? that explains a lot. especially why the european archaeology days were so quiet on mastodon (all I could see in the hashtag list were my own posts...)

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@berangere444

Hashtags are passive filters for all the content that your server has noticed (if you're interested, there's a list of what servers notice at https://fedi.tips/which-posts-and-accounts-can-i-see-from-my-server/).

Groups are actively pushing all of their content to all the people who follow the group, no matter which server they are on.

So, they seem similar on the surface in how they work, but underneath the surface groups are a lot better at distributing posts.

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Alexandra

@feditips Thanks for the explanation. I tried following the group histodon but my time line was filled with far too much posts for me to read in one day. Finally it might be better for me to only see the bit of fediverse my server is connected to... I found some related less active groups in the histodon group posts though and I will give those a try ! I hope AskAnArchaeologist Day will still be fun in my limited part of the fediverse :)