Corporate social networks are trying to kill the hashtag because they want users to only discover things through corporate algorithms π©
Mastodon and the wider Fediverse love the hashtag as it allows humans to retain control of their feeds π₯°
You can use hashtags to label a post with its main topics. More info about adding hashtags at fedi.tips/what-are-hashtags-hoβ¦
You can follow hashtags to see posts labelled with those tags in your feed. More info at fedi.tips/how-do-i-follow-hashβ¦
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Michael Weinhold
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Aaaaand almost as important for your mental well-being: You can very well mute hashtags! πβ¨
#Hashtags
Fedi.Tips
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True! π
For anyone wondering how to do this, there's a guide to using filters at fedi.tips/filtering-your-timelβ¦
Filtering your Mastodon timeline to automatically hide posts containing certain words, phrases, hashtags, links or emoji | Fedi.Tips β An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse
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I'm not sure... π€ If there is, I think it would be in the add-ons section?
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in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •You can have featured hashtags here on your profile, but if you want to get a bit more creative with it and have more than 5, you can use an external service like linktree and do something like i've done with them for any topic you'd like to make discoverable in that way.
mastodon.social/@transicorn/11…
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You can have featured hashtags here on your profile, but if you want to get a bit more creative with it and have more than 5, you can use an external service like linktree and do something like i've done with them for any topic you'd like to make discoverable in that way.
mastodon.social/@transicorn/11β¦
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Mark Wyner Wonβt Comply
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •yes!
Regarding your final point in the piece about PascalCase hashtags:
markwrites.io/hashtag-accessibβ¦
Mark W.rites - Hashtag Accessibility, by Everyone for Everyone
Mark W.ritesLiam Hughes
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Roy -- the dull one
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The trending page isn't the problem as that's trivial to fake, the problem from their POV was people using and following hashtags as it bypassed their control.
For example I saw some people who came here when Instagram switched off hashtag following last year, because this was one of the ways they kept in touch with people.
Sebastian Blanco
in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Deborah Preuss, pcc π¨π¦
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Well, there's things like Instagram removing support for following hashtags even though it would be really easy to keep supporting them.
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in reply to Fedi.Tips • • •Other style advice - The Rust Style Guide
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