#Tagging ... really important IMO
I'll use this toot as an anchor to collect thoughts about / ideas for / concepts of: #tagging
I've spent quite a some time thinking about what's a good way to tag posts over at *Diaspora.
The way I see things, the fediverse can be(come) a huge database of (useful/funny/informative/creative/...) content.
But in order to not get lost in an unstructured stream of toots .. and instead to be able to browse and make use of all that awesome content .. ideally, all users would add meaningful tags to their toots. #meaningfulTagging
@LeeteqXV@mastodon.technology
Good point on singular/plural tag usage/processing/handling:
https://mastodon.technology/@LeeteqXV/101170795111254158
I am building a "reference collection" of toots related to #tagging, #informationOverload, #efficiency, etc. I am using the hashtag #multipleidentities for some of this, where the point is that we need solutions that "get" the relation between (singular) #accounts and multiple #identities PER account. There is also a professional community under planning to address these issues more thoroughly (#funding, #ai #development, etc.).
@iLikeAltitude, if you are especially interested, have a look at the collection over at @infO_Overlord .
#ITstrategy
#socialMedia
#MOMOCtips
#mastodon
#hubzilla
#F4ia
@tom79
@ConnyDuck
@AndStatus
@Gargron＠mastodon.social
> 1000 chars text. Thoughts about the flexibility of the fediverse source code
When you write "... we need solutions ..." I wonder if you mean changes to the mastodon/ActivityPub source code by that.
If yes, then that poses the question, how flexible this source code is and how 'easily' it can be changed in a way that will leave the existing data/network/federation intact while still making it possible to implement these changes/features/improvements.
I am somewhat pessimistic about that.
My impression is, that ... any social network attempting to deliver structural features such as groups/forums, multiple timelines, following people _and_ tags, simple tooting _and_ citing/adding to toots, making huge amounts of content manageable ... any SN attempting that ... should ideally very early on have some kind of concept/protocol for all these features ... and then implement them afterwards.
Seems to me like ActivityPub/Fediverse/Mastodon was created with a relatively narrow set of structural features in mind ... like "open-source federated Twitter" ... adding fundamental structural features later on seems difficult and unlikely.
Maybe I'm expecting too much from Mastodon and it wasn't ever intended to deliver all these things I find useful.
@iLikeAltitude
Yes, the #hubzilla project, which is also based on #activitypub, has had the concept of #nomadicidentity as its core focus since its inception. That is the first #openSource attempt on tackling #multiidentity that I am aware of. I am currently evaluating their approach.
@iLikeAltitude I see and like your point about #meaningfulTagging and will be more contemplative about employing tags in my toots.
The first link, I can access. The second says "permission denied"
The paper ... MOAT seems reasonable, although it all sounds like there's quite a gap between the theoretical background and its practical implementation.
@iLikeAltitude@qoto.org
Here: https://socialhome.network/content/2769260/without-federated-tags-fediverse-instances-a/
It's about the need to federate tags.
@Lingondraken ... https://mastodon.social/@Lingondraken/101268374434758785 ... agree.