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this post was submitted on 26 Mar 2024
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So many posts perfectly summarising why I've always preferred the reddit format over twitter. On one you follow topics, on the other you follow people. I prefer to hear a wide range of views on one topic rather than one persons views on different topics.
You can follow hashtags on Mastodon. I find this a preferable experience to following individuals.
There's a problem with that on smaller instances.
You can only see hashtags from people your instance already knows (someone follows them). On bigger, well-connected, instances this is not as problematic.
But, no matter the size of the instance, it just shows how even the "hashtag experience" depends on the "following experience".
Even then, Mastodon and similars feel more like a market square with everyone trying to catch others' attention, even when they're all talking about a specific topic to "no one in particular". It's not as easy to follow a topic there as in a forum-style thread about the topic, like this one.