I recently tried to join Mastodon, and like Twitter before it, I don’t understand the premise. You follow individuals instead of topics, and if you try to follow hashtags they change on a whim all the time so you’re unlikely to get relevant posts.

Am I missing something, or is the purpose just to shout your opinions into the void? Could any Twitter/Mastodon users explain it to me like I’m 4?

  • MrBakedBeansOnToast@lemmy.world
    10·
    1 year ago

    I‘m influenced too heavily by my time one Reddit now. When I tried Mastodon and saw something interesting I wanted to read the comments and engage. But then it’s just silence. I might as well talk to the TV.

    • TheProtagonist@lemmy.world
      62·
      1 year ago

      If you want something similar to Reddit you should try Lemmy. Otherwise Mastodon is (pretty much like Twitter) a fire (shout) and forget principle. Sometimes there are conversations going on, where you can engage in, if you like.

      Edit: didn’t even notice, that I‘m commenting this on Lemmy… 😬

    • PrettyBlackDress@lemdit.comEnglish
      629·
      1 year ago

      Same experience. If you want people to talk to you on Mastodon you have to insult them LOL that’s how I started getting attention and finally getting fucking followers LOL it’s ridiculous haha