#horsetodon — Public Fediverse posts

A #Fediverse tech idea I've been considering for a while.

Hashtags can sometimes be annoying, right? Their primary application is finding posts related to a certain topic, including following one. Therefore, if I look for "horses", I want to find everything horse-related.

The following hashtags should therefore lead to the same set of posts:
- #horse
- #horses
- #equines
- #equine
- #horsetodon

Right? But that's not a reality. Some people tag with one of them, with multiple, or with none at all.

Similarly, #Döner, #Doener and perhaps even #Doner should lead to the same set of posts, right? And what about British-American-splits like how #Localization is #Localisation, and perhaps even #l10n as well? And #LGBT, #LGBTQ, #LBGTQ+, #LGBT+, #LGBTQIA and so on and so on also really should be one hashtag.

So what to do?

I propose:
We should introduce a second symbol for something like "fuzzy hashtags". Not the '#' symbol, but another; perhaps '&' or '~'.

That way I could tag my post '~horse', and it could appear on all hashtag feeds concerning the different spellings of horses! Or I could search for such a fuzzy hashtag.

The different variants could be crowdsourced, or overridden by instance mods. You could also opt-out of that system - your posts showing up in fuzzy searches, most likely.

This would also fix languages like German, where you have many inflected forms: #Männer #Mann #Mannes #Manns #Männern #Männers and so on should all lead to the same result.

Behold what I have to do to sign off on this post:
#MarkupLanguages #MarkupLanguage #Markup

Ajattelin #lenkillä viedä Laikan vähän kahlaamaan (se ei ui) Siltapuistoon, mutta siellä oli ruuhka.

#Laika #ÄänislinnanLaika #koira #koirat #dog #dogs #dogstodon #DogsOfMastodon #hevonen #hevoset #heppa #hepat #horse #horses #horsetodon #HorsesOfMastodon

Ajattelin #lenkillä viedä Laikan vähän kahlaamaan (se ei ui) Siltapuistoon, mutta siellä oli ruuhka.

#Laika #ÄänislinnanLaika #koira #koirat #dog #dogs #dogstodon #DogsOfMastodon #hevonen #hevoset #heppa #hepat #horse #horses #horsetodon #HorsesOfMastodon

Ajattelin #lenkillä viedä Laikan vähän kahlaamaan (se ei ui) Siltapuistoon, mutta siellä oli ruuhka.

#Laika #ÄänislinnanLaika #koira #koirat #dog #dogs #dogstodon #DogsOfMastodon #hevonen #hevoset #heppa #hepat #horse #horses #horsetodon #HorsesOfMastodon

So, I have my own opinions on this, but just for fun:

Which is better (in your opinion): mules, donkeys, or horses?

#equines #horses #donks #asstodon #donkeys #mule #mules #horse #horsetodon

My #Day29 population map for the #30DayMapChallenge. I'm reusing my #Day27 data from the National Agricultural Statistics Service. The bubble map shows the number of equines (i.e., horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys) in the conterminous US from the 2017 Census.

#equine #Horsetodon #USDA #NASS #maps #horses #NationalAgriculturalStatisticsService

A map of dots for #Day27 of the #30DayMapChallenge. I'm a horseperson and I didn't know if a dataset existed for a horse census (not wild) in the US. Luckily, I found one with the National Agricultural Statistics Service. https://www.nass.usda.gov/ The dot density map shows the number of equines (i.e., horses, ponies, mules, burros, and donkeys) in the conterminous US from the 2017 Census. One dot = 500 head.

#equine #Horsetodon #USDA #NASS #maps #horses #NationalAgriculturalStatisticsService

Took the opportunity to look at OSM tags for barns and stables in Virginia. The number of stables in many counties is underrepresented. Looks like I'll need to help review some tags in my free time. 😀

#30DayMapChallenge #OpenStreetMap #Virginia #chloropleth #barns #stables #HorsesOfMastodon #Horsetodon #horse #equestrian #DMV