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Most hashtags are pretty obvious, you just put # in front of a topic. For example if a post is about coffee it might have the tag #Coffee

However, many popular hashtags have difficult-to-guess names, so I've started a list to help people discover them:

➡️ fedi.tips/fun-and-useful-hasht…

Copy-paste a hashtag into the search box in Mastodon if you want to browse or follow it.

If you have suggestions for non-obvious hashtags that should be added to the list, let me know in the replies 🙂

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p.s. Just to make clear what this list is for:

This isn't a list of all the hashtags people should use, because most of them are obvious and don't need a guide. Something like #Gardening is obvious and there's no need for anyone to tell you about it.

The point of this list is for unusual tags which aren't obvious. Things like #LichenSubscribe or #Florespondence aren't tags you could guess the existence of, you would have to be told about them. That's the point of this list.

#gardening #lichensubscribe #florespondence
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p.p.s. To make even clearer: this is *NOT* a list of important hashtags, it's just a list of widely-used tags that people might not know about because they're spelt in a weird way or they use a difficult-to-guess arbitrary phrase or portmanteau.

I'm just doing this to help people discover tags they might not discover otherwise. It's *NOT* meant to be some list of significant or cool things or anything like that.

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You seem to be missing #dafaidodon for the sheep of Mastodon. 🐑🐑🐑 What fedi account is complete without following that! 😊

Edit: yes, that should be #defaidodon. 😊

#defaidodon #dafaidodon
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Added, thank you! 👍

Seems that Defaidodon is the more common spelling going by the number of posts?

I am not a Welsh-speaker though so am not sure! 🙂

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Also: @jeromechoo, @aral and I are on a mission to make #MastoMiGoreng or
#FediGoreng a thing for anything Indomie-related, but those might be a bit too niche for your purpose. Although... almost any time we post Indomie pics, we find other enthusiasts, so...
#fedigoreng #mastomigoreng @Aral Balkan @Jerome (He/Him)
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josh susser

Nice. I have wanted this list for ages!

A couple ND inclusive suggestions:

-ActuallyAutistic – The *author* of the post with this hashtag is autistic (self-id is fine, it's not about gatekeeping autism). Not meant to be used by parents or caregivers to describe autistic people, even if they really really feel they should be able to. Protip: use like a signature, not an adjective describing someone, to make it easier to guess if you're using it to identify yourself or misusing it. OK, it's a really badly named hashtag but it's what we're stuck with.
-Autistic – The correct way to describe an autistic person if you want to use a hashtag as an adjective.
-AskingAutistics – How to ask an autistic person a question about autism. Not to be used to get info on a random topic like autism is a public help desk.

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AnneTheWriter

No #HootinTootinTuesday on the list?

This is a list of my other favorites. There is a bit of duplication with your list, but there's definitely some here that you missed:

universeodon.com/@AnneTheWrite…

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If (like me) you're getting a little burned out of "that same certain news story" and all the misinformation running rampant on social media right now, it's a good idea to take a break.
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Snaprails

Don’t forget #TOTP for Top Of The Pops, regularly the no.1 hashtag when the BBC shows old episodes from that TV programme on Fridays.
(Note that some misguided souls use this same hashtag for Time Based One Time Password. Makes no sense to me but that’s IT people for you 😉 )
#totp
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Radgryd

Just saw this post and had to think of your list :)
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Writing Games for February 2026. As always, DM to add more prompt games. Also to prompt admins, please feel free to @ me when you update the lists. Makes it a smidge easier for me to find them. :) #ScribesAndMakers: https://scribesandmakers.
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