thepit.social is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
A Mastodon instance populated by the denizens of #bikeDC, #bikeVA, #bikeMD, and various other friends and communities. Share opinions, news, photos of your bike, food takes, and memes. There may be some horsing around. In this house, we #bancars. All hail The Pit!

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What's with mastodon search? For example, I can't search for hashtags to find people with similar interests. Frustrating

@FediTips do you have a thought on this? Anyone else know if I'm missing something?

@tsyum

Finding people works a bit differently on here as there deliberately isn't a central search engine (because someone nasty might take it over).

I've tried to do a guide for all the methods for discovering people to follow on here:

fedi.tips/how-do-i-find-accoun

If your server's search isn't giving you interesting results, you might want to try methods such as Fediverse directories or Fediverse groups as these methods are both server-neutral.

fedi.tipsHow do I discover accounts to follow on Mastodon and the Fediverse? | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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@FediTips thanks, but I'm still confused. One thing this page says is, "You can find a lot of interesting accounts nowadays just by typing keywords into the search box on Mastodon." But search does NOT (in my experience) search the text of a profile. Said text must be in the handle or display name - super limited.

ts 🚉

@FediTips not trying to complain - I might just be too old or not tech-y enough for the Fediverse. Appreciate your help

@tsyum

I don't think you have to be any particular age or skill level to use this place.

It can take a bit of time to get used to though as it is such a different structure. I hope I can help as the aim of my account is specifically to assist non-technical people 🙂