here's another free tip for all you lovely #TwitterMigration people:

you don't have to censor words here to evade search - there is no plain text search on Mastodon :) in fact, you actually shouldn't censor those words because then they won't be filtered out for all the people who set up filters. But you don't have to worry about random people jumping in your mentions because they name searched themselves - this just isn't possible on the fediverse :)

it's cool like that 

here's a free tip for all the #TwitterMigration people:

mastodon ONLY has text search for your toots, and the toots of people you follow, nothing beyond that, so you MUST use hashtags for others to be able to find things you post. And don't be afraid to use them, unlike the hellsite, mastodon doesn't limit your reach in any way based on how many hashtags or links you use in your posts :)

and there's an edit button too 

and make sure to follow @feditips for more awesome Mastodon Tips™