I have just deployed a script and a mastodon bot which attempt to hashtag lemmy posts so that they are better discoverable in microblogging services.
Please check the README for the why and the how.
If you have a microblogging account, please consider following the bot account which will help its hashtags federate to your instance’s public timeline.
Many thanks to @jgrim@discuss.online for hosting the bot.
PS: If you have a mastodon account, you can reply to your posts on mastodon (just search for their url) and add hashtags to your replies. This will achieve a quick and dirty version of what this bot is doing
I want to be able to add hashtags when I create a post, either through a field (like
title
,body
, etc) or directly in the body of my post like everywhere else on the #fediverse. This doesn’t require any extra moderation, its compatible with the rest of the fediverse, and would increase discoverability.I was venting a frustration with a fellow user, which is perfectly reasonable. And clearly, there’s a chance it could change something, because it got your attention and made you jump in.