Yes, I know about hashtags. I use them. albeit sparingly, as I think is appropriate, without making my posts #look #like #Ransom #notes. For example, I tag my photos with "#photography". What I won't do is label my "boring" posts, because I like to think that every one of them has the potential to be boring to someone.
@mattblaze don’t know if you’ve seen it yet: since Mastodon 4.2 hashtags placed stand alone on the last line of a post will display differently. Below all the content (incl. pictures) and less visually dominant.
@RecoveredExpert I’ve noticed that. That still doesn’t help me figure out which of my posts are sufficiently boring to warrant tagging them as such, though.
@mattblaze oh, no, sorry, that’s not what I had in mind. Even though people could use hashtags to mute certain posts, I had discoverability in mind. Tagging it as photography and, say, “TechTalk” or “MakingOf” or something like that.