Something else that I just thought about: there would be no way to prevent multiple communities to fetch the same hashtag, so we would end up with even more duplicates than now, with toots replicated on all of the communities fetching that hashtag
Fragmentation is a myth. Look at the various different technology groups that are all thriving on different instances. Stop (inadvertantly) pushing for centralization!
Maybe I’m explaining poorly, but people on mastodon and PixelFed have been able to tag communities via @[email protected] for a while.
Ah yes, but the main difference is that they need to know the exact community name to be able to post, a tag is much more generic
Most times people tag Firefox and end up in [email protected]
That’s an easy one, but I’m thinking about stuff like [email protected], a bit harder to type and find
Indeed, but if [email protected] subscribe to #greentext, it’s easier to tag stuff.
That said, it’s not a hill I wanna die on. It’s just a random idea I was floating to try and add content to some of the more niche communities.
Yes, and then easier to flood too 😄
Something else that I just thought about: there would be no way to prevent multiple communities to fetch the same hashtag, so we would end up with even more duplicates than now, with toots replicated on all of the communities fetching that hashtag
What’s wrong with duplicates? I love seeing stuff posted to multiple communities. I get to check out new communities and meet new people.
It leads to discussion fragmentation, especially when the 2 communities are the same, but still split, like [email protected] and [email protected]
Fragmentation is a myth. Look at the various different technology groups that are all thriving on different instances. Stop (inadvertantly) pushing for centralization!