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In addition to the above methods to interact with followers network, GNUSocial also supports features you will find familiar with other social networks. You can mention someone else in a post by using the '@' prefix. This example shows how to mention someone, and how the post will look after you post it.

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In addition to the above methods to interact with followers network, GNU social also supports features you will find familiar with other social networks. You can mention someone else in a post by using the '@' prefix. This example shows how to mention someone, and how the post will look after you post it.

-Mentioning a user in a post +Mentioning a user in a post

You don't have to use the full 'username@domain.tld' format when mentioning someone. If you leave out the full '@domain.tld' part of a user you are mentioning then you are limiting the scope to people on your local instance and your followers.

The social network hashtag '#' prefixed before a word, eg #federated makes keywords trend on your home feed and across the federated network as more people use the same hashtag

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Groups are an optional part of GNUSocial. Each social instance can have one or more groups based on a topic. Then local users of the instance as well as remote social users can subscribe to the group. A group is similar to a user in GNUSocial but you refer to a group using the '!' prefix instead of the '@' prefix.

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Groups are an optional part of GNU social. Each social instance can have one or more groups based on a topic. Then local users of the instance as well as remote social users can subscribe to the group. A group is similar to a user in GNU social but you refer to a group using the '!' prefix instead of the '@' prefix.

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When you find a group on your local GNUSocial instance, or a remote instance you can follow it in a similar way to following users, simply enter your GNUSocial username when prompted after clicking on the "Join" button.

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When you find a group on your local GNU social instance, or a remote instance you can follow it in a similar way to following users, simply enter your GNU social username when prompted after clicking on the "Join" button.

You can post a notice to the group by mentioning the group with a '!' prefix, for example:

-Making a post mentioning a group. +Making a post mentioning a group.

Your post will then appear in your follower's feeds as well as anyone else subscribed to the group who may or may not also follow you.