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So much to learn for a newbie on the Fediverse. Loving the challenge though. Today's focus is hashtags. I've never used them before, so trying to get my head around the best ones to choose for each post. 🤔

Why when you click on a #hashtag it offers you "mute {that hashtag} but choosing it doesn't actually add it to your filters--it just takes you to your filter #list?

Should auto-add to filters without taking you away from your feed.

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@jameskoole

There are no algorithms on Mastodon to find eyes for you. Hashtags are Mastodon's "algorithm"

You can follow a hashtag like a person, so every post with #cats is in your home TL, and everyone following cats sees your post.

These👇 would help, try some others, the explore column lets you test hashtags, see numbers.