I really don't like the idea of topic-specific instances being the standard way to handle group discussions in Mastodon. I don't want to juggle 15 different identities and 15 different sets of credentials just because I'm interested in 15 different things. Early adopters may put up with that kind of hassle, but a mass audience never will. And having to set up and maintain a whole instance just to host a group means that few groups will ever be formed.
I feel like there has to be a better way.
@jalefkowit I would really like conversation tagging outside of content warnings so that I could hide certain tags entirely
@starhaze @jalefkowit Slight variation: make some tags default to "ask" and some default to "hidden". Posts which are "ask" are like CW now. Posts which are hidden are never seen unless you select to show that tag. That would allow things like location check-ins and game-play-status without ever bothering your followers. I think that's the number 1 thing I want in the fediverse. But I'm still thinking about how to make it work. not obvious how to set up the tags.
