Hashtags do not replace groups.
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@[email protected] @[email protected] @[email protected] I've explained how to use it: you submit to a group from Mastodon by tagging. In fact, you're using it right now. Look at one of the accounts you're mentioning.
Did you not read the original post?
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I'm assuming replies to the post would be replies in Lemmy?
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@atomicpoet @fediverse @Coolmccool Yes, I did - did you not read the rest of the thread? At no point did I say "explain it to me" & neither did Cool, your answer to whom I originally responded to - in fact, I said specifically that I don't expect you to explain it to laypeople if you're on the dev side. All I'm asking is for you - and just as importantly, other readers of this thread - to recognize the explanation gap, that we may become a welcoming place for everyone, not just developers.
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Also hashtags don't help federation at all, groups/communities will "boost" the post so it federates to all the followers
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In Mastodon you need to mention the person you reply to or they won't get mentioned. Clients usually set them automatically.
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The best way to find groups is actually https://lemmyverse.net/communities . All individual servers are missing other communities due to de-feds or lack of federation. While I can't say numerically how comprehensive Lemmyverse is, it's a lot better than any instance I've tried.
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It's not that Lemmy couldn't allow you to follow Mastodon users, the technology allows it. It's just not high on the priority list to actually develop.
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Really? It doesn't seem much different to mastodon.
