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Have you met Guppe Groups
a.gup.pe/

Groups are different from #hashtags in an important way: you will only see posts with hashtags your instance knows about — it's essentially a search feature. With groups it's different: if a remote account from the other side of the #fediverse posts to a group you follow, you will get it!
Anyone can create a group just by following it.
#DigitalInnovation #MastodonTips

@edutooters

#fediverse #hashtags #mastodontips #digitalinnovation @EduTooters group
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Jamie Teh
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Jamie Teh
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Wow. This is super clever. Thanks.
When I search for or follow a hashtag, I see posts from people I don't follow but who are also on other instances. Do you know if that is because someone else on my instance is following those people or is there some other federation going on here?
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Simon Keily, M.Ed 🏳️‍🌈
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Simon Keily, M.Ed 🏳️‍🌈
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@jcsteh Here is my understanding:
#Mastodon is designed to search via hashtags. So yes, it will pull in different user accounts via that search.
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Jamie Teh
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Jamie Teh
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But if that's the case, what's the advantage of a.gup.pe groups if hashtag searches do pull in other users and you can now also follow hashtags? The one thing I can think of is that your instance might not know about some other instances at all, in which case a hashtag search wouldn't find them.
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