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Its why I could never get down with the twitterverse. Seems like the people magazine of the internet. Im not interested in people, im interested in specific subjects and ideas. Maybe im missing something.
You can follow hashtags on Mastodon. So if you want music recommendations you can follow #NowPlaying, (for example) and every time someone uses that tag it'll appear in your timeline as if you follow that person. It's nice for follow discovery too, because if the same people keep posting links to tunes you dig, then it's a fair bet that you'll have similar interests.
I've not tried it myself, but I guess that in theory, you could follow a bunch of hashtags without ever following an actual account.
Thank you. So this is the trick. Ima set up a mastodon account.
Never seen it described as magazine like but you are 100% right. As a game dev I enjoy twitter-likes for this exact reason. Its very easy to find specific people you want to work with (ie artists, musicians, etc.) and network with them. Its also easier to market and share your game due to the 'magazine' like and fast paced nature of these platforms. However I do think twitter-likes suck if you aren't using it for specific cases like this.
I also found about this today, maybe it's useful: https://fediverse.info/explore/people
I mean, if you follow the right people you'll get exposed to the right ideas. Most of the people I follow will not be posting about their kids or their brunch, but about cool articles or things they learned. Or am I missing something?