this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2023
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I felt like this the first time I made an account, but that's because no one told me I had to follow hashtags, and I only used the official app where you can't even do that!
But now I know all that and I'm using a third-party app, my experience is much better. For example, I posted a question about a book series last night, added all the relevant hashtags and then this morning had about 8 or 9 replies from people all helping with my question.
We're so used to algorithms and being able to just search for particular keywords which will then show up that we've forgotten how social media used to work.
I’m using the default mastodon app and I don’t have much replies too. May I know what 3rd party app you’re using?
I'm using Tusky on Android. More features and more customisable to how I want it.
If you're on iOS, I'm not sure what apps are available on there.
Yeah you assumed correctly, I’m on IOS. Still searching the perfect app though. I love the idea of federation and won’t give up on mastodon just yet.
The only two iOS ones I've heard of are Ice Cubes and Ivory.
No idea whether they're any good though, I've just seen them pop up on Mastodon.
Yeah I saw those 2 also. I might try ivory though. It comes highly recommended but downside is it’s a subscription service. I don’t mind paying but I hope there is one that I can pay just one time.
Let’s see
I can recommend Tusky, easy and simple. Otherwise Fedilab is nice too. Both for Android and available on f-droid.