I think I've suggested before, and not gotten much positive response. It's a chore for J @th3j35t3r for sure. It's #hashtags. How difficult to have a pop-up list of most used tags appear to choose from before you can hit POST?
We can filter (or search) our experience all we want, but not easily without them.
This was brought to mind by another's post this morning about the plethora of politics here. Some do not wish to see any, I filter some (like *rump*) but this year will stress some folks
@FireMonkey @th3j35t3r
This issue still confuses me. A hashtag is just a word with a # symbol in front of it. You can filter that word the same way you would filter a hashtag, no? I thought hashtags were mostly to help people FIND content, not FILTER content. For me it’s easier to manage a list of words than it is for a poster to put 20 hashtags in a post just to indemnify themselves. #curateyourexperience
@KGinKS @FireMonkey @th3j35t3r
And I think for the most part folks do their best to tag their posts in that spirit of community. “I don't wanna see what I don't wanna see”, IMO, puts the responsibility mostly on the consumer. There are multiple tools at our disposal to manage our experience (filters, scrolling muting, blocking). If I am at a large social gathering and a conversation is going on about something I don't want to hear, I don’t ask them to edit their discussion. I walk away.
@MPCavalier @FireMonkey @th3j35t3r
Totally agree. I see posts from some of my friends that never use a #. I don't fret about it I can either unfriend or as the last conversation just scroll by. Not that hard.
@KGinKS @MPCavalier @th3j35t3r
I agree, I can just scroll on by and not let it bother me.
Thank you internet people.
Anyway, it's just a thought. 😉
#politics would cover a lot of words that you'd have to filter individually. Not as simple as changing convo's at a party - after you've encountered it.
I follow #politics, but filter various *trumph* words out.
It's the topic, not the horserace between candidates in some other state or national race that you don't need or want to see.
It would also cover world #politics - like UK EU or Ukraine.
@MPCavalier @FireMonkey @th3j35t3r
I both agree and disagree with you. 🤪 Using #trump as an example, how many things have you seen him called? Tfg, the orange x, frumph, etc.
This issue requires a commitment by people to try to help each other out. J can't make a list of #'s for every variant of words people use. People have to make it easier for their fellow cosmonauts.