mastodon is the only platform where i’ve had people actively tell me multiple times β€œhey try using hashtags!”

i will never use hashtags

@jacqueline I constantly keep forgetting to add hashtags... this is the main reason for my toot edits! 🀦
@esden @jacqueline Aren't hashtags in edits broken? I don't think hashtags in edits federate.
@steven @esden mastodon moment if true
@jacqueline @steven seesh! really? ... I would not put it past the typical mastodon bikesheddery but still... :/

@esden @jacqueline Actually, this might not be true. It might just be a common misunderstanding about how hashtags federate in the first place.

https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/25537

Retroactively including a hashtag in a post doesn't seem to propagate the post to instances that follow the hashtag but not the user Β· Issue #25537 Β· mastodon/mastodon

Steps to reproduce the problem Have two users A and B on two different instances User A doesn't follow user B, but they follow the hashtag (at)Example User B makes a post that includes the hashtag ...

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