@quatschmitsauce It doesn't need to be a hashtag for them to filter it using the regex thingie :d

@Gargron @quatschmitsauce yeah, for example, I have "Eurovision" filtered out. Tagging is only necessary if you want discoverability in a search for that hashtag

@Gargron Fair point. But if I don't use hashtags people can't find my high quality content!!!1!11

@Gargron
Either I am blind or mastalab does not allow filtering... :S
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@quatschmitsauce too bad that we have such bad feelings about tagging things.

I try to tag them at the bottom and not inline so it's not so annoying.

I blame marketing and 'brands' with hashtags on every ad

@charlag @quatschmitsauce I think some people want a switch to a more tumblr-like system of tags and I see both sides of that issue

@trwnh What is a more Tumblr-like system?

@quatschmitsauce on tumblr, tags are a separate field and are displayed below posts in a slightly muted text color

@trwnh Okay. I wasn't quite sure how you meant it.

It would also be cool to put them in a hidden field. Like next to "reply", "boost", "fav" and "more" a "tags". But as someone who knows noting about anything I don't know how realistic that would be.

@quatschmitsauce t looks kind of like this, for context

@charlag I also usually put them after the actual text but it just seemed redundant to use the words twice if I could just add the #.
I don't actually mind the tagging, it just looks so ugly. I mute people who write toots like that, though, so I need to either find a better system or stop being such a hypocrite.

@quatschmitsauce you haven't muted me yet. So... Yes, stop being the thing. 😂 @charlag

@maloki Yeah and I also just fully realized (I knew that before but for some reason it didn't quite click) that people don't need hashtags to filter stuff. That's a Twitter thing. I only have to use hashtags for toots I want found. Everything over here is just better! @charlag

@quatschmitsauce (It makes me happy when people use a lot of hashtags! It means people can find other people who share their interests.)

@cassolotl I like finding toots about shared interests but I also just realized that it doesn't have to be a hashtag for people to be able to filter it (like it would be on Twitter) so I'm only going to use hashtags for toots I want people to maybe see. Just saying "I'm going to knit until Eurovision" doesn't seem interesting for either knitters or Eurovision-wachers xD

@quatschmitsauce Ahhhh I get you. :) Yeah, that makes sense if you think of hashtags as being sort of like a very public group or something!

@hal I'll start after I'm done with this soup and I hope I don't get distracted and actually do knit most of the time. Wish me luck!