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This is how I mainly used Mastodon before Lemmy. It lets you follow topics instead of people; I prefer finding content this way. Unless a person really likes the format of Mastodon better, I'd suggest Lemmy over Mastodon for people that would rather follow topics than individuals.
I found it very refreshing that it doesn't have an algorithm at all. I know there are some downsides to that, but I think they're worth it.
On Mastodon? I distinctly recall reading that it did not have one but I guess these projects are fast moving so maybe it has changed or I am just mistaken.
This does make more sense.
I think "for you" is just everything you follow (people and topics).
Oh, that must be new. I only had three tabs, one for my stuff, one for all the local stuff, and one for everything.
There were recommended posts and stuff but they were kind of buried in some menus.
Sounds like stuff has changed. It's only been a few months. I'll stop saying there's no algorithm now, haha.
Another good thing is putting people you follow into lists. I just wish we could do the same with hashtags.
Those are actually not groups. Groups boost posts from all users that mention them. https://a.gup.pe/ is one implementation of groups with mastodon in mind, but lemmy communities actually work the same way when followed from mastodon. I believe other fediverse platforms implement groups in similar ways under the hood. This means that everything is more or less interoperable between platforms.
Very true. Following hashtags is a pretty essential feature.
Tusky is a great app. But it doesn't seem to have a trending tab, which I use to find cool accounts to follow. For now I use trunks.
Not not trending hashtags. Just overall trending posts. Maybe I need to uninstall and reinstall tusky or something.
Groups boost posts from all users that mention them. https://a.gup.pe/ is one implementation of groups with mastodon (and other federated microblogging platforms) in mind, but lemmy communities actually work the same way when followed from mastodon. I believe other fediverse platforms implement groups in similar ways under the hood. This means that everything is more or less interoperable between platforms.
EDIT: Try it yourself! Follow technology@lemmy.world from Mastodon to see what I mean. Although I don't know that I would stay a follower of a community that large unless I wanted significant impacts on my feed. A smaller, potentially more useful, addition to your feed are things like gardening communities.