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currently relearning the process of finding people and adding them to a list i have set up : not the easiest of processes to say the least.
― mark e, Wednesday, 5 July 2023 11:56 (nine months ago) link
is there a way to find bands easy on this thing
If they're on there, you should be able to search for the name of the band and unless they've given themselves a comedy username they'll come up. I don't think bands make themselves accounts there as a matter of course, though, so you might not have much luck unless you're sure they're there already. You also can't search for text within posts so you can't just look for any reference to the band (unless it's a hashtag).
If you're just looking for bands who are on there and to maybe discover something new, there are two options:
1) browse the music servers from joinmastodon.org/servers. See if there's anything you like the look of and then browse their local timeline. For example, https://synthwave.social/public/local.
2) search for hashtags, like #DIY or #ElectronicMusic or #BlackMetal or whatever. You can follow those hashtags to get new posts about them straight in your feed and keep an eye on anyone new posting about the topic.
― emil.y, Wednesday, 5 July 2023 12:53 (nine months ago) link
back into the swing of things now.
however, i clearly need to use hashtags more.
― mark e, Wednesday, 5 July 2023 20:41 (nine months ago) link
three months pass...
Can someone familiar with the "fediverse" answer a basic question? (I've used Mastodon a little while, but still don't understand some of the underpinnnings.) When it comes to these other platforms that use ActivityPub to talk to each other... how do they actually interact? Like, when I search for a hashtag on Mastodon, should I also theoretically be seeing posts using that hashtag on "Akkoma" and all the others? Or is there more to it? Thx
― Girl (1956) (morrisp), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 23:01 (five months ago) link