Hi all !

Sorry if i posted it in the wrong Lemmy community.

Short summary

i suggest rewamping the current vote system for voting tags or hashtag to improve our search result and timeline organisation. It can also connect us to the fediverse.

Some quick idea :

  • Once a tag/hashtag reach a vote threehold, it is either removed or added. The threehold are based on community size/activities…
  • a tag can be turned into an hashtag once a vote threehold is reached.
  • some added tag can trigger a report : spam, bot…it will solve an issue i got, i don’t know if it has already reported. Lemmy world use automod for that.

The goal

I want to improve post revalance, the way we can search information on a topic and structure our timeline.

Some existing ideas

So I thought about a solution similar to github. Github works as link agregator. There is also zulip chat. It uses the tag system to strictly enforce a topic in discussion thus improving workflow.

When we post an issue, we can tell devs and users if it is a bug, an enhancement…and there is a search bar for that. Thank to its tag system, it helps us a lot for searching revalent topic. With hashtag, we can be connected to the fediverse and improve interaction with mastodon.

Tags/hashtags have already discussed in github and i want to go futher with it.

the problem with the voting system

  • It’s based on the majority’s opinion, it has their pros and cons. It can create a social norm which may undermine small community as deaf people, transgender people…
  • It doesn’t tell why you upvoted/downvoted it.
  • most of the fediverse will never see your vote. So you won’t reach them.

Collaborative tag/hashtag

Hashtags/tags could be collaborative and voted with some limitation (as mediawiki text editing). So we can tell post’s revalance.

Why not having an array of checkbox/tags/hashtags and share to users your opinion behind a vote ? Only trusted users can add them.

Then thrusted users can vote for the most revalent tag. Once it reach a threehold, eg 100 upvotes, they are validated, turned into an hashtag and shared in the fediverse. other tags below 50 votes will be removed after 1 month.

We can also add these tags when we create a post. Those one can only be removed if it reach a downvote threehold.

We could turn them into hashtag once a vote threehold is reached.

I suggest the vote threehold is scalled to community size, daily activities. Dunno how we can manage that, but a calculation to avoid smaller instance being hidden by bigger one.

What do you think ? Sorry if my point wasn’t clear.