Following #lemmy communities from #mastodon has gotten much better

Version 19.4 introduced automatic hashtag-ing (see https://lemmy.ml/post/16585416)

Posts get federated with a hashtag matching the community name.

The important bit is that comments to posts *don’t* get the tags.

Which means you can follow the corresponding tag on mastodon and feed only of posts.

EG: #asklemmy

If you’re starting a community, giving it a unique enough name could help prevent overlap too.

@fediverse

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  • maegul@hachyderm.ioOP
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    3 days ago

    @fediverse

    A tricky part here is that the community still needs to be followed at least once on your instance for the content to come through. *I think*

    So if a community isn’t coming through, I’d recommend these steps:

    * Search for the community and follow it like any other user.
    * Add it to a specific/bespoke list, then remove that list from home (a setting available on each list). This removes “the firehose” from your home feed.
    * Follow the corresponding tag as you would any other

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