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Showerthoughts

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[–] [email protected] 40 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I really wish there could be tags and sub-tags.

Tag examples:

  • Politics
  • Sport
  • Anime
  • News
  • AI

Sub-tag examples:

  • US
  • Europe
  • Africa
  • Basketball
  • Volleyball
  • F1

Some sort of curated list by Lemmy developers that might change over time depending on user demand.

Then client apps can fetch such list from any server and allow you to apply such filter.

Imagine being able to block whole category of sports? Anime? News? Whatever people want/don't want.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would like the platform itself to support this, as I often use the website.

[–] wheeldawg 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's why he said Lemmy developers, not instance developers.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yup, developers.

Instance admins adding such tags would make it inconsistent and basically impossible to use. It should be unified = implemented by Lemmy developers.

P.S. Developers who develop Lemmy software. Admins who own and manage instance (website/server).

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I think this is the only good thing Tildes has with tags, tags can work as sub-comunities inside a sublemmy.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

This would be freaking awesome. Doesn't seem like it would be too difficult to add, but then again, I'm not a developer.