Also how do I use it efficiently for tech related news and info?
You don’t, you use RSS.
You can look in the trending news section. One of many baffling design decisions of Mastodon is hiding all the trending posts, hashtags and news under the search function.
What’s the best mastodon app?
Also how do I use it efficiently for tech related news and info? I never got into twitter.
On Mac/iOS, Ivory is pretty dope: https://tapbots.com/ivory/
Mammoth, Ice Cubes, Ivory all good on iOS
My vote is ice cubes for ios. Ivory was severely lacking in features despite it being paid.
I like Tusky on Android.
Moshidon is really good for android. I especially like that you can have custom timelines for basically anything
Moshidon 100%
You don’t, you use RSS.
You can look in the trending news section. One of many baffling design decisions of Mastodon is hiding all the trending posts, hashtags and news under the search function.
I use FediLab from FDroid
If you like PWA phanpy is nice on mobile or destktop