#tag_like_this — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #tag_like_this, aggregated by home.social.
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Importance of hashtags:
Why? Reach, discoverability, growing your community.
How? #Tag_like_this, #TagLikeThis, don’t use spaces or / ´ ‘ - !? etc. Add them to the specific hashtag row. You can also add them to the bottom with one line break below from your post, then it’ll be put below the post automatically.
When? For related things to your post. Such as: your personal tag, platform tags, community tags, sfw/nsfw tags, fandom (series name, abbreviations, characters, ship name, spoilers), art (medium, products used), writing (type of writing, fanfiction, ficlet, imagine, plot summary, article, review, feedback, script) descriptive words, accessibility (screenreader safe, alt text (or #AltText4Me), warnings, political/topic tags, promotional tags (commissions, raffle, for sale, adopt, ad, trial)
Now the long explanation! Aethy doesn’t have full term search as of now (Feb. 2025) so your only bet to finding posts is with hashtags. Most people coming to Mastodon servers are used to finding posts and accounts with terms only. In many platforms spamming hashtags in posts is frowned upon since many crosspost or just use unrelated hashtags to gain more traction. It might seem like a major pain, but I encourage you to try!
You can write commonly used hashtags somewhere and copy-paste them easily. Making it easy is the best way to make it a habit. Aethy has a long mark limit for posts, don’t be afraid of running out quickly. You can add featured hashtags on your profile. Maybe you “do not care”? But there is someone who would love to see your art or writing, and their only bet is to search the hashtag. Trial and error, this isn’t life and death! You can also ask for tag suggestions, why not? Hashtags are also filterable, making tagging more useful. Being able to filter out posts more easily is a bonus for everyone. Absolutely never censor words and terms! Even tags! Please and Thank you!
These are my personal opinions and suggestions, make of them what you will! Staff may agree or disagree. This is the mandatory disclaimer, huhu!
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