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#asknostr - I'm wondering about the usage of #hashtags .. is there a recommended way to do it?

I think #hashtags can help a great deal in building communities, which is - I assume - something that everyone on nostr wants.

And I think it's worth discussing how people can be constructive about using hashtags so that the network becomes a valuable collection of content that can be browsed/discovered without much friction .. instead of a giant pool of mostly unsorted content that randomly passes through everyone's feeds.

So the question is: what heuristics/rules/systems do many people apply, when using hashtags, in order to make them useful?

One obvious (to me) rule would be:

1. Be hesitant rather than liberal when using hashtags .. to not #spam them and thus make them useless.

What do others think?

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Akito 2y ago

This only works, if everyone abides the same rules.

In reality, the people who write the best stuff, are already hesitant & do not #spam anything.

While the most useless shit posters #spam everything like there's no tomorrow.

So, in reality, using less hashtags just further diminishes the chance for the best people to be seen, because they are so easily drowned by spammers.

This is why, on an open platform based on an open protocol, you cannot avoid #spam enough to just make everyone hesitant enough.

Like, there are even some greedy morons, who #Abuse the AskNostr pound sign to #spam everyone with pictures of nude women, like what the fuck is wrong with them.

I think, the most realistic solution is a strict anti-spam policy & technical abilities to block #spam.

You won't ever delete all #spam ever, but this way it's realistically possible to get rid of 80% #spam without issues.

7fqx 2y ago

There are some hashtags here that are somewhat pointless to follow in a way.

There are also clients to have Communities, and posts on them show up in the feed.

Satellite.earth

And nostrudel.ninja

Communities sort of function a bit like following a hashtag really

Sats paa BTC 2y ago

The big challenge will definitely be the prevention of spam/misuse of #hashtags

The possibility to mute individual users is surely a good thing, and still if a community becomes vibrant enough, there will always be trolls or spammers that will take advantage of the situation...

BitBees 2y ago

Well presented and thoughtful hashtag treatise. For myself, I follow those accounts and hashtags that I find stimulating and entertaining. For instance the hashtag #asknostr has been highly functional and helpful.