TL;DR I want Mastodon hashtags treated like communities.
Given the following homomorphism (morphism, analogy) between microblogs like Mastodon and the forumverse:
| nr |
microblog |
forumverse |
| 010 |
subscribe to hashtags |
subscribe to communities |
| 020 |
include particular hashtags in their posts |
(cross-)post in particular communities |
| 025 |
include particular hashtags in their posts |
include particular hashtags in their posts |
| 030 |
list posts of a hashtag |
view a community |
| 040 |
comment a post |
comment a post |
| 050 |
star a post |
upvote a post |
| 060 |
boost into TL |
approve "into" community |
I wish to interact with microbloggers as a piefed user. Piefed could render microblog posts that contain a hashtag as a community post within a "community" named by this particular hashtag. Also, microblog accounts could be viewed like a regular user in piefed.
Pros: Lemmy posts and communities are visible and subscriptable in Mastodon already. Piefed should complete this connectivity.
Cons: Re-interpreting microblog posts as forum entries could lead to some misunderstandings which again lead to defederation. But I cannot think of any.
Edits: Added 060, 025, TL;DR
Edit: There appears to be a Mastodon integration being planned.
Such flawed community picking while posting is one advantage of using microblogging. You can post regardless of having found the correct category or forum. Good point.. maybe.
On the other hand, maybe you should rename your community from "climbing" to "rockclimbing"?