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?

  • edric@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    You’re just not a fan of the micro blogging format. I myself have never had a personal twitter account but tried mastodon a while back. I eventually stopped using it because I had nothing much to post and I didn’t like the short form style for having a conversation, especially if there are multiple people commenting. I much prefer forum style discussion because of nested threads (lemmy, reddit, etc.).

    Also, microblogging has a personal element in that it kinda matters who is posting, vs forums like lemmy which are more about the topic posted rather than the person who posted it.