#fedi #softwareConcept ( #StealThisIdea ):
Every public post references something #nonfiction like a book or paper as a more permanent topical anchor for #hashtags. IE hashtags get qualified, with context. Could be a #news article or a book or scientific paper or a famous quote. Basically anything published.

You can make your posts more accessible and inclusive by putting hashtags at the end.

When you place hashtags after the main text of a post, screen‑reader users can hear the core message first without interruption. This simple adjustment ensures that blind and visually‑impaired persons receive the essential information clearly and promptly.

Beyond accessibility, this small practice reflects a genuine commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

It's always good to think how the digital content is experienced by everyone, so we can create a more welcoming and inclusive digital space.

As inclusion is an important aspect of communication and communities, let's remember about it. Small thing to do, but improves experience of so many people.

#hashtags #socialmedia #digital #Vebinet #Mastodon #VebinetTips #DEI #inclusion #fediverse #accessibility

You can make your posts more accessible and inclusive by putting hashtags at the end.

When you place hashtags after the main text of a post, screen‑reader users can hear the core message first without interruption. This simple adjustment ensures that blind and visually‑impaired persons receive the essential information clearly and promptly.

Beyond accessibility, this small practice reflects a genuine commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion.

It's always good to think how the digital content is experienced by everyone, so we can create a more welcoming and inclusive digital space.

As inclusion is an important aspect of communication and communities, let's remember about it. Small thing to do, but improves experience of so many people.

#hashtags #socialmedia #digital #Vebinet #Mastodon #VebinetTips #DEI #inclusion #fediverse #accessibility

RE: https://mastodon.social/@GeePawHill/115920474181013749

@GeePawHill

#can #we #post #from #only #old #hashtags #and #still #beat #that #record #for #max #numbers #hit #in #tags #without #care #to #body #text #words #oh #fuck #no #this #is #time #eating #trying #not #to #reuse #or #RepairReuseRecycle #butIcantresistshitposting #goddamnit #weAreSoFucked #WIN #ha

Six month ago today (17 July '25) I soft-launched #TagPush onto the fediverse. It's an idea I had smouldering in my head for a month or two. I saw two problems with #Hashtags on the Fediverse:

• You can only find/follow hashtags, and posts of those tags, based on what your own server knows. If someone on another server posts with the tag, but your server doesn't get a copy, you will not see it.

• Small servers suffer more due to lack of traffic.

The fundamental flaw (design) of the fediverse is that servers only see a subset of content.

Along came TagPush. Not rocket science by any means, by my one man attempt to automatically hoover up content from the fediverse, based on a tag. If you follow the TagpPush account for the tag you will then get the content pushed to you.

The tech behind it is simple. A #GoToSocial server manages the Fediverse comms for follows, boosts, etc. I have a python app doing the donkey work around the fediverse looking for content based on tags. It then boosts those out every 5 minutes or so.

Here we are, 185 days in, scooping up content for 48 hashtags and pushing them out to a total of 1,195 followers for tags. Amounting to 298,375 pushed posts (at the time of writing this). That's well in excess of quarter of a million posts. Wow!

Not bad for a simple idea.

More details here: https://verbamea.com/4dd1a1ca55

Happy to add more tags to be pushed - as long as there is regular content.

Six month ago today (17 July '25) I soft-launched #TagPush onto the fediverse. It's an idea I had smouldering in my head for a month or two. I saw two problems with #Hashtags on the Fediverse:

• You can only find/follow hashtags, and posts of those tags, based on what your own server knows. If someone on another server posts with the tag, but your server doesn't get a copy, you will not see it.

• Small servers suffer more due to lack of traffic.

The fundamental flaw (design) of the fediverse is that servers only see a subset of content.

Along came TagPush. Not rocket science by any means, by my one man attempt to automatically hoover up content from the fediverse, based on a tag. If you follow the TagpPush account for the tag you will then get the content pushed to you.

The tech behind it is simple. A #GoToSocial server manages the Fediverse comms for follows, boosts, etc. I have a python app doing the donkey work around the fediverse looking for content based on tags. It then boosts those out every 5 minutes or so.

Here we are, 185 days in, scooping up content for 48 hashtags and pushing them out to a total of 1,195 followers for tags. Amounting to 298,375 pushed posts (at the time of writing this). That's well in excess of quarter of a million posts. Wow!

Not bad for a simple idea.

More details here: https://verbamea.com/4dd1a1ca55

Happy to add more tags to be pushed - as long as there is regular content.

@haubles Thanks! But the "advanced" is not it. I don't mind having one thing at a time on screen. That's actually what I prefer.

I'm talking about having influence over different Feeds here, like multiple Home feeds, tailored for different interests. Like 1 Feed for Physics, 1 for FOSS and 1 for dogs!
Maybe the feature "Feeds" is a more accurate term. In "Feeds" one could merge selected Lists with selected followed #hashtags and enabling/disabling boosts

Is this what your team is working on?

There's new Kim Gordon!

#what #hashtags #are #appropriate

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M8_2lYNURu4

@haxatrax @josh

There are people who grasp this at the level of technical detail but I’m not one. My low tech grasp is that it’s an archipelago: your post can cross a bridge to other instances yours is connected to, and onwards from there. #hashtags do the work of your post getting about and being seen, which essentially pulls it over a bridge.

So from a different instance, I browsed the #forkiverse hashtag and here we are. People following me will see my post and might check to see who I’m replying to. If they can see your post (if there’s a bridge they can cross) they can see what else you’ve written unless it was just to your followers.

don't forget to follow hashtags.

#hashtags

@Bristleconepine what I've found is that you also have to follow #hashtags for your interests in order to see more content from across the #fediverse beyond users you already follow

@Bristleconepine what I've found is that you also have to follow #hashtags for your interests in order to see more content from across the #fediverse beyond users you already follow

Friends,

Here on the #Fediverse, now more than ever -- if you're willing and able -- we need you to share the things that lift you up and help you keep going.

If it sparks #joy, please, PLEASE share and continue sharing with the class in the coming weeks and months.

Is it #pretty, but you're lacking #spoons? Be sure to follow @altbot so you can still share it.

If it brings a #smile to your face, consider sharing it no matter how small.

If you chuckle at something in your daily life and tell yourself "oh that's so dumb, I better not post it", that's exactly when you SHOULD post it.

If you think of a #DadJoke that could win awards for being so corny, it is your fiduciary duty as a #Fedizen to attempt to make us all groan at your #silliness.

Some of my most popular toots were my most flippant #shitposts (in contrast to ones I've poured hours into crafting, that get a sympathy fav or two and then vanish into the ether..). It might feel awkward at first, but if you keep #shitposting it's like exercising muscles; it gets easier the more you do it. Consider exercising your big brain muscle and then barf the results here for all the world to see.

I know #hashtags aren't as big here, and a lot of people are against them but I find them invaluable. (I do wish we had a bot that auto-generated a reply to posts with socially/contemporarily relevant hashtags.) Consider adding a contribution to #3GoodThings, or tuck a silly #shitpost in a bottle and toss it into the great and fascinating sea called the Fediverse. You might be surprised who might find it interesting.

We need to flood the zone with #kindness and #happiness because I believe that's how we recharge our emotional reserves.

In doing so, it helps us fortify ourselves against the onslaught of stormy weather that is our real-life world. (Or at least that's how *I* usually do it. [I recommend augmenting with generous doses of cannabis as needed. {consult your doctor first}])

Having said all of this, it's important to remember we must strive to provide #empathy to our fellow passengers. For some of us, this is the closest we can get to #therapy. If people share their struggles and challenges, I implore all of us to remember that #kindness and understanding are radical acts of decency.

Above all, protect yourself by blocking "early and often". You aren't obligated to continue hosting a visitor on your digital "porch". You can simply close the door. You don't even need to have a reason. It's *your* fucking door and there's nothing that says you're required to buy what they're selling -- especially if it feels like negativity. I can tell you with absolute certainty that I've never blocked someone and later thought, "oh gee, I shouldn't have blocked them so fast." It's generally the opposite.

Alright, my friends. Today your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to brainstorm the corniest damned joke you can think of, and post it. Don't mull it over, don't worry about if it makes sense -- post it. Toot it. Bop it. Shake it. Twist it.

Bring forth the moments and shitposts you wish to see in the world, each one a candle that lights our way on this long journey we call life.

Friends,

Here on the #Fediverse, now more than ever -- if you're willing and able -- we need you to share the things that lift you up and help you keep going.

If it sparks #joy, please, PLEASE share and continue sharing with the class in the coming weeks and months.

Is it #pretty, but you're lacking #spoons? Be sure to follow @altbot so you can still share it.

If it brings a #smile to your face, consider sharing it no matter how small.

If you chuckle at something in your daily life and tell yourself "oh that's so dumb, I better not post it", that's exactly when you SHOULD post it.

If you think of a #DadJoke that could win awards for being so corny, it is your fiduciary duty as a #Fedizen to attempt to make us all groan at your #silliness.

Some of my most popular toots were my most flippant #shitposts (in contrast to ones I've poured hours into crafting, that get a sympathy fav or two and then vanish into the ether..). It might feel awkward at first, but if you keep #shitposting it's like exercising muscles; it gets easier the more you do it. Consider exercising your big brain muscle and then barf the results here for all the world to see.

I know #hashtags aren't as big here, and a lot of people are against them but I find them invaluable. (I do wish we had a bot that auto-generated a reply to posts with socially/contemporarily relevant hashtags.) Consider adding a contribution to #3GoodThings, or tuck a silly #shitpost in a bottle and toss it into the great and fascinating sea called the Fediverse. You might be surprised who might find it interesting.

We need to flood the zone with #kindness and #happiness because I believe that's how we recharge our emotional reserves.

In doing so, it helps us fortify ourselves against the onslaught of stormy weather that is our real-life world. (Or at least that's how *I* usually do it. [I recommend augmenting with generous doses of cannabis as needed. {consult your doctor first}])

Having said all of this, it's important to remember we must strive to provide #empathy to our fellow passengers. For some of us, this is the closest we can get to #therapy. If people share their struggles and challenges, I implore all of us to remember that #kindness and understanding are radical acts of decency.

Above all, protect yourself by blocking "early and often". You aren't obligated to continue hosting a visitor on your digital "porch". You can simply close the door. You don't even need to have a reason. It's *your* fucking door and there's nothing that says you're required to buy what they're selling -- especially if it feels like negativity. I can tell you with absolute certainty that I've never blocked someone and later thought, "oh gee, I shouldn't have blocked them so fast." It's generally the opposite.

Alright, my friends. Today your assignment, should you choose to accept it, is to brainstorm the corniest damned joke you can think of, and post it. Don't mull it over, don't worry about if it makes sense -- post it. Toot it. Bop it. Shake it. Twist it.

Bring forth the moments and shitposts you wish to see in the world, each one a candle that lights our way on this long journey we call life.

My advice to newcomers:

1. Follow a lot of accounts. There's no algorithm here, so it takes a little work to make sure you have a lively feed.

2. Check and follow #hashtags of interest. It's a great way to find good accounts to follow!

3. Be sure to add alt-text to your photos and videos. We take accessibility seriously here, and your blind followers will appreciate it.

4. Enjoy! We're glad you're here!

#Introduction

My advice to newcomers:

1. Follow a lot of accounts. There's no algorithm here, so it takes a little work to make sure you have a lively feed.

2. Check and follow #hashtags of interest. It's a great way to find good accounts to follow!

3. Be sure to add alt-text to your photos and videos. We take accessibility seriously here, and your blind followers will appreciate it.

4. Enjoy! We're glad you're here!

#Introduction

Aus aktuellem Anlass:
Ich booste keine Beiträge, in denen Hashtags im Fließtext geschrieben werden.

Grund: Screenreader.

Menschen, die auf einen Screenreader angewiesen sind, bekommen jeden Hashtag als
"Hashtag Thema" vorgelesen.

Beispiel (Screenrender-Nutzende können hier abbrechen, wenn sie es sich nicht anhören wollen):
"Dieser #Absatz enthält #Hashtags, die im #Text eingefügt sind. #Manchmal #schreiben #Fedizens auch mehrere #Hashtags #direkt hintereinander."

Das klingt im Screenreader dann so:
"Dieser HASHTAG Absatz enthält HASHTAG Hashtags, die im HASHTAG Text eingefügt sind. HASHTAG Manchmal HASHTAG schreiben HASHTAG Fedizens auch mehrere HASHTAG Hashtags HASHTAG direkt hintereinander."

Na, nervt euch der Absatz auch so, wie mich?

Sich dessen bewusst zu sein und es zu vermeiden, ist ein Schritt zu mehr Inklusion.

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Ergänzung:
Besteht ein Hashtag aus mehreren Wörtern, soll jeweils der erste Buchstabe eines Wortes groß geschrieben werden.
Statt "ichbineinhashtag" besser "IchBinEinHashtag".
Nur dann können Screenreader die einzelnen Wörter unterscheiden und entsprechend betonen.

--

Empfehlung: Hashtags am Ende auflisten, wie hier:

#Screenreader #Inklusion

Aus aktuellem Anlass:
Ich booste keine Beiträge, in denen Hashtags im Fließtext geschrieben werden.

Grund: Screenreader.

Menschen, die auf einen Screenreader angewiesen sind, bekommen jeden Hashtag als
"Hashtag Thema" vorgelesen.

Beispiel (Screenrender-Nutzende können hier abbrechen, wenn sie es sich nicht anhören wollen):
"Dieser #Absatz enthält #Hashtags, die im #Text eingefügt sind. #Manchmal #schreiben #Fedizens auch mehrere #Hashtags #direkt hintereinander."

Das klingt im Screenreader dann so:
"Dieser HASHTAG Absatz enthält HASHTAG Hashtags, die im HASHTAG Text eingefügt sind. HASHTAG Manchmal HASHTAG schreiben HASHTAG Fedizens auch mehrere HASHTAG Hashtags HASHTAG direkt hintereinander."

Na, nervt euch der Absatz auch so, wie mich?

Sich dessen bewusst zu sein und es zu vermeiden, ist ein Schritt zu mehr Inklusion.

--

Ergänzung:
Besteht ein Hashtag aus mehreren Wörtern, soll jeweils der erste Buchstabe eines Wortes groß geschrieben werden.
Statt "ichbineinhashtag" besser "IchBinEinHashtag".
Nur dann können Screenreader die einzelnen Wörter unterscheiden und entsprechend betonen.

--

Empfehlung: Hashtags am Ende auflisten, wie hier:

#Screenreader #Inklusion