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I don't think all of the apps have this option, but they change so quickly that they might all have it now. If I put in my search #mastodon, there is a person outline that has a + sign after it. This lets you follow any post with the #mastodon on it. It's pretty cool to find your topics. I know Tusky has it but my version of Mastodon doesn't.
Those are actually not groups. Groups boost posts from all users that mention them. https://a.gup.pe/ is one implementation of groups with mastodon in mind, but lemmy communities actually work the same way when followed from mastodon. I believe other fediverse platforms implement groups in similar ways under the hood. This means that everything is more or less interoperable between platforms.
Oh you're right, I didn't realize there was a separate thing and that's a great feature too. I think the author needed to add whatever I was talking about then too.
Very true. Following hashtags is a pretty essential feature.