Yes, I know about hashtags. I use them. albeit sparingly, as I think is appropriate, without making my posts #look#like#Ransom#notes. For example, I tag my photos with "#photography". What I won't do is label my "boring" posts, because I like to think that every one of them has the potential to be boring to someone.
@mattblaze don’t know if you’ve seen it yet: since Mastodon 4.2 hashtags placed stand alone on the last line of a post will display differently. Below all the content (incl. pictures) and less visually dominant.
@RecoveredExpert I’ve noticed that. That still doesn’t help me figure out which of my posts are sufficiently boring to warrant tagging them as such, though.
@mattblaze oh, no, sorry, that’s not what I had in mind. Even though people could use hashtags to mute certain posts, I had discoverability in mind. Tagging it as photography and, say, “TechTalk” or “MakingOf” or something like that.
@mattblaze I pay little mind to hashtags. If I am making a new comment on an established topic, I might use one. I don't think I've ever used more than one.
Jebus, you over-sensitive snowflakes. If you don't like what someone posts, you have options. In ascending order:
Scroll past.
Unfollow.
Mute.
Block.
I happen to enjoy reading what Mr. Blaze posts; it's informative and interesting. On the other hand, I find pictures of other peoples' lunches incredibly boring, but I don't go asking them to stop posting or to put content-warnings or "boring" hashtags on them.
@mattblaze What Mastodon needs is pre-read video clips where posters can do an interpretive dance describing their post, indented audience, possible folks offended etc. ¯_(ツ)_/¯
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