I'm somewhat torn on hashtags on #mastodon.
Un-hash-tagged content is not searchable. This is a good thing as it means that people can't get swarmed by asshats just for mentioning a thing.
On the other hand, I feel like a doofus adding #hashtags throught my #content like a #instagram #primodon
I also don't see a lot of people using hashtags, which makes me think that the social norm is to just not?
@zee From what I've seen of instagram, users just put a pile of hashtags at the bottom. Most of the time they are various alternatives of the same tag/phrase.
Hashtagging certain words within your post is basically opting in to search. Now users can find your post by searching for those tags.
I think mastodon users just forget to hashtag their posts. And they only make sense when youre talking about a specific topic. #content is a little too generic to be meaningful, for example
@0x1C3B00DA Yea, I wonder what separators work in hashtags?
@0x1C3B00DA Ooh yea, forgot about #thePowerOfCamels
@zee only underscore apparently. I usually use camel case if I need a multi-word tag. #fooBar