Like Twitter, Mastodon allows you to post a thought consisting of text, images, videos, and GIFs, and that same thought can then be flagged (liked), promoted, or reblogged (retweeted) by others on your server. Mastodon offers other features similar to Twitter, including the ability to search for posts with a specific hashtag.

But can you follow a hashtag to see relevant content on your Mastodon timeline? We'll explain in this post.

Yes. Mastodon lets you follow hashtags so that posts with your favorite hashtags appear on your Home timeline on the web client and in the Mastodon app on Android and iOS.

You can follow any hashtag you search for in your instance's Mastodon client. Additionally, any posts from public servers on the platform will be visible in your Home feed, as long as your instance allows interaction with other instances.