p.p.s. To make even clearer: this is *NOT* a list of important hashtags, it's just a list of widely-used tags that people might not know about because they're spelt in a weird way or they use a difficult-to-guess arbitrary phrase or portmanteau.
I'm just doing this to help people discover tags they might not discover otherwise. It's *NOT* meant to be some list of significant or cool things or anything like that.
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There are several #hashtags that celebrate wetlands in specific months:
#Fenuary (fens/February)
#MarshMadness (marshes/March)
#Swamptember (swamps/September)
#Bogtober (bogs/October)
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For people in Ireland:
#mastodaoine #mastodonie
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Great list! I scanned it for all the ones I follow... and you had them all! 😁
@FediTips I love how nerdy and specific some of these are
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"texlatex" for discussion around LaTeX (the markup language), since just the name overlaps with kink content (since Hashtags don't respect capitalization)
Thank you, added 🙏
@FediTips I have a suggestion for a non-obvious hashtag that I love to follow
#特に意味をなさない猫の計測
(Measurement of cats that do not make sense in particular) 😹
@FediTips iPhone added a measuring tool at some point, so people started measuring stuff available... Like their cats 😹
@FediTips About hashtags, I think you forgot "FediRadio" (music on Fediverse), and "FediBlog" (blogs on fediverse) - this one mostly used for ActivityPub WordPress federated blogs.
Not to forget "a11y" which stands for "accessibility"; the hashtag comes from old Twitter, where you had 140 character limit at the very beginning. So they simply cut the word "accessibility" with the initial A, then the number 11, then the y, because the word "accessibility" has 11 letter between the beginning and the end. Same concept for internationalization which is "i18n" and localization is "l10n".
This isn't a complete list of hashtags, that would take up several dictionaries.
It's just a list of non-obvious hashtags that people might not know about 🙂
p.s. Just to make clear what this list is for:
This isn't a list of all the hashtags people should use, because most of them are obvious and don't need a guide. Something like #Gardening is obvious and there's no need for anyone to tell you about it.
The point of this list is for unusual tags which aren't obvious. Things like #LichenSubscribe or #Florespondence aren't tags you could guess the existence of, you would have to be told about them. That's the point of this list.
p.p.s. To make even clearer: this is *NOT* a list of important hashtags, it's just a list of widely-used tags that people might not know about because they're spelt in a weird way or they use a difficult-to-guess arbitrary phrase or portmanteau.
I'm just doing this to help people discover tags they might not discover otherwise. It's *NOT* meant to be some list of significant or cool things or anything like that.
@FediTips In that case:
#Bleptember - for animals with their tongues out in September
@FediTips Would #DurfTeVragen or #DTV for short count? It literally means "dare to ask", and is the Dutch equivalent of "asking for a friend". We also use #Treinleven ("Train Life") for anything related to (being on) (Dutch) trains.
@FediTips You forgot #WedsNeigh for horse lovers :)
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OwlsInTowels
EVs
CatsOfMastodon
@FediTips The list doesn't have #WortsUpDoc for posts with liverworts, hornworts, or other bryophytes. :'(
@FediTips great list! I'm definitely going to use that Waterfall Wednesday one today
@FediTips thanks for this list.
I like # MeerMittwoch - sea views on Wednesday
And
# MarshMadness -wetland photos
@FediTips they don't have to be short and snappy e.g. #MisreplacedAccessChamberCovers AccessChamberCovers
@FediTips Thanks for the list ! Could you maybe add #FediHire as well ? It seems to be used quite a bit on its own without its #GetFediHired cousin.
@FediTips Please tell me you're using CamelCase format for tags? It's so screen readers pronounce individual words rather than smashing all the text as if it was one word and mangling the pronunciation.
It's also easier for sighted ppl to read. A longish phrase that isn't in CamelCase is sometimes too overwhelming or time consuming to figure out and I skip over the post.
Such a helpful list, thanks for doing this.
Yes, of course!
I also urge people to use CamelCase in the website's guides related to hashtags.
Didn't see ThreeGoodThings - individuals posting 3 positive things from their day
Also the daily games - Rogule, Tradle, Worldle, Wordle, CluesBySam, etc
@FediTips no love for the fursuitfriday hashtag?
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#FairTradeMusicFriday spikes every Bandcamp Friday. It is to promote music on Bandcamp alternatives such as #Faircamp and Mirlo (and others) that treat artists better than Bandcamp.
Thanks for this, I was wondering what the situation was!
@FediTips this is very cool
and i hope my #ThisIsSoStupidButItMadeMeLaugh is easy to understand, even if it only tickles my funny bone
@FediTips Nice. I have wanted this list for ages!
A couple ND inclusive suggestions:
-ActuallyAutistic – The *author* of the post with this hashtag is autistic (self-id is fine, it's not about gatekeeping autism). Not meant to be used by parents or caregivers to describe autistic people, even if they really really feel they should be able to. Protip: use like a signature, not an adjective describing someone, to make it easier to guess if you're using it to identify yourself or misusing it. OK, it's a really badly named hashtag but it's what we're stuck with.
-Autistic – The correct way to describe an autistic person if you want to use a hashtag as an adjective.
-AskingAutistics – How to ask an autistic person a question about autism. Not to be used to get info on a random topic like autism is a public help desk.
@FediTips @joshsusser Autistic person here - you may want to remove the ActuallyAutistic one from the list. It is, in my experience, mainly used by people to exclude those of us who are autistic but don't "perform autism" in the "right way" and so are excluded or told our experience and knowledge isn't valid. Gatekeeping, in other words, rather than community building.
And yes, I was diagnosed in the early 90s and used in a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine. No self-diagnosis here. (Not that a person can't self-diagnose; just noting that I did not.)
Edit for an example: I present with severe sensory issues, emotional bluntness, interest fixation, and mild stimming - mainly rocking back and forth when anxious. This is, in some circles, not an autistic set of traits even though it fits diagnostic and social criteria. The circles that are the fastest to reject me are the same ones who use "ActuallyAutistic" because it's a nonstandard presentation compared to what they claim autism is. (It's not a spectrum; it's more like a compass rose type thing, at least that's how I see it.)
@arthfach @FediTips I'm sorry you had that experience, but it is completely counter to my own experience. I have never seen it used as gatekeeping autism, and in fact I see people go out of their way to oppose that kind of gatekeeping. The only gatekeeping I have seen with this tag is over using the tag itself, with autistic folk asking allistic parents to stop using it to talk about their kids.
Hell of a thing, replying to my suggestion to add this tag with a suggestion to remove it like I'm not right here. Sheesh!
@joshsusser @FediTips To address your last comment first: I replied to this chain, rather than separately posting a reply, for this exact reason. If you have information counter to mine, I wanted you to know that your suggestion was opposed so that you could have the chance to go, "Wait, no, that's not right." I happen to hate when people try to argue against me in a way that's exclusionary and I don't like doing it to other people when I can avoid it.
It is clear that we have had two very, very different experiences when dealing with people using the tag. It may be worth exploring alternatives to it altogether (for example, using your own explanation for its purpose, something like AutisticPoster or AutisticSpeaker) since - at least to me - it is clear that it has been poisoned to some level by people using it as a gatekeeping device. I AM glad that you have NOT had that experience yourself; it is absolutely horrible and demoralizing to be shunned by what is supposed to be your own community because you present differently than whatever the expectation of the moment is and I hope that you never have to deal with that sort of behavior. And if you have elsewhere, I am sorry you have - at the end of the day, regardless of tags or disagreements, we're autistic and our voices should be heard and respected regardless.
What tag should I list to avoid causing exclusion?
#TilingTuesday for pics of cool tilings
#MakanApaToday for pics of South-East Asian food
#Catstodon and #MastoCats for cats when it's not Saturday
#PhDLife and #PhDone for (very recently ex-)PhD students
Thank you so much, these are great! 🙏
@FediTips might I suggest:
AccessibilityIsHotAF — accessibility-focused spicy/adult content
ActuallyAutistic — conversations about autism from folx who are autistic
@FediTips I also think it would be useful to add hosts to descriptions of some tags(like #TuneTuesday and #Monsterdon ).
I have bookmarked your suggestion, I'll try to add tags and then go back to this
@FediTips #FootpathFriday for interesting hiking trails and walking paths.
Thank you, added! 🙏
@FediTips if it was not added yet: #JobAlert #histodon #academicChatter #makersHour #writingCommunity #solarpunkSunday #standingStones and #standingStonesSunday #phantastikPrompts #FotoVorschlag #FiberArts #textileArts #visibleMending #thickTrunkTuesday #naturelovers #FediHire #fediHelp #FediGive #askFedi #HerStory #WomenInHistory #WomenInSTEM #indigenousPeople #BlackMastodon #BlackFedi #blackHistory
Thank you so much Petra! 🙏
@FediTips #MovieClub for the biweekly Mastodon Movie Club!
Thank you, added! 🙏
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Here are some that have quite a bit of traction with those I follow (and who follow me.) Not that you asked 😉
#MacroMonday
#MonochromeMonday
#MosaicMonday
#MountainMonday
#TextureTuesday
#TrainTrackTuesday
#FernFriday
#FossilFriday
#FungiFriday
@FediTips Ohh, this is super helpful. In the same vein as #introduction, maybe add #welcome? I have seen quite a lot of people *replying* to #introduction posts with a #welcome, makes those replies easier to filter if one wants to.
Also maybe note that #FensterFreitag is for Fridays? (Freitag is German for Friday.)
Oh yes, thank you! 🙏
Thanks! 🙏 I couldn't find anything for Jpopfriday so didn't add it, but added Jmusicfriday 👍
@FediTips Thanks for compiling this! #ThursdayFiveList is a popular music hashtag.
@FediTips hashtag FediBlockMeta is worth a look.
Also, telling people that hashtag Asstodon is (only) for donkeys is going to give someone a surprising day; butt, I digress
I did quite a lot of scrolling on asstodon and only saw donkeys 😁
I guess this depends on who your server federates with?
@FediTips GetFediHired. Monsterdon.
Oooh yes, thank you so much for these! I knew I'd missed some really good ones, thank you so much 🙏
Added all three suggestions 👍
@FediTips cool list, thanks! I've seen a lot of posts for #magicinthemundane lately, that might be worth adding.
Thank you very much, added! 🙏
@FediTips @benjaminlj May I throw two more into the suggestion box? They aren't the busiest hashtags on an everyday basis, but the photos they share are joyful. #HawkPants and #TinyBalancingSheep
Hahahaha... added them! 🙏 Thank you!
@FediTips Thank you, for all your work and tips and for this great new list.
@benjaminlj @FediTips Haha - I am an unrepentant excessive booster of MagicInTheMundane. It's the loveliest timeline.
Very glad to discover it!
@FediTips just discovered #musicwomenwednesday today, seems pretty popular!
Thank you, added! 🙏
@FediTips You seem to be missing #dafaidodon for the sheep of Mastodon. 🐑🐑🐑 What fedi account is complete without following that! 😊
Added, thank you! 👍
Seems that Defaidodon is the more common spelling going by the number of posts?
I am not a Welsh-speaker though so am not sure! 🙂
@FediTips Me gusta mas llamarle "etiquetas" que hastags, debe ser por que hablo castellano nativo
