Loaf@loaf@sh.itjust.works: So it’s actually more helpful than hashtags? Sorry, I’m not super well versed in how smaller instances work 😅

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silverpill@silverpill@mitra.social (2026-03-30 06:13:16)
I think it is a useful service, because it helps small instances discover content. However, this idea is not new and another service of that kind, FediBuzz, has been operating for a long time.
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Loaf@loaf@sh.itjust.works (2026-03-30 06:19:47)
So it’s actually more helpful than hashtags? Sorry, I’m not super well versed in how smaller instances work 😅


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silverpill@silverpill@mitra.social (2026-03-30 06:35:14)
If you run a small micro-blog instance, you follow some people and maybe some communities. Tagged posts come only through these follows, so you only see a tiny portion of all tagged posts.

A hashtag relay tries to aggregate tagged posts from the whole network. By following a hashtag on such relay you can see more posts on the topic that interests you.