https://blue.feedland.org/?river=http://data.feedland.org/blue/feeds/mootpoynte.xml It's just a feed for now Mon, 15 Jan 2024 13:48:56 GMT feedland v0.6.43 https://cyber.harvard.edu/rss/rss.html Mon, 15 Jan 2024 13:48:57 GMT http://rpc.rsscloud.io:5337/pleaseNotify Mon, January 15, 2024 8:48 AM EST <p>I&#39;ve been trying to figure out how to replicate X/twitter hashtag model on BlueSky and finally the penny has dropped. There&#39;s no need for a dedicate hashtag feature. On X/twitter hashtags and feeds ( searching on hashtags ) are conflated; ...</p> <p>... for each tag #foo there is a dedicated feed called #foo and the monolithic X/twitter engine links these together. It&#39;s inflexible. BlueSky separates these. There is no special meaning ascribed to #foo, it&#39;s just text. ...</p> <p>... When you write a BlueSky Feed you make decisions as to which posts to include, i.e. you create filters on a stream of posts. If I include all posts that contain the string #foo I&#39;ve essentially replicated X/Twitter hashtag #foo, but I can do so much more...</p> <p>... I can curate much more precise and targetted Feeds than X/Twitter hashtags could ever be. It means the authoring of Feeds has been delegated to the authors of Feeds. This is powerful!</p> Mon, 15 Jan 2024 13:48:56 GMT https://blue.feedland.org/?item=261321 https://blue.feedland.org/?item=261321 I've been trying to figure out how to replicate X/twitter hashtag model on BlueSky and finally the penny has dropped. There's no need for a dedicate hashtag feature. On X/twitter hashtags and feeds ( searching on hashtags ) are conflated; ... ... for each tag #foo there is a dedicated feed called #foo and the monolithic X/twitter engine links these together. It's inflexible. BlueSky separates these. There is no special meaning ascribed to #foo, it's just text. ... ... When you write a BlueSky Feed you make decisions as to which posts to include, i.e. you create filters on a stream of posts. If I include all posts that contain the string #foo I've essentially replicated X/Twitter hashtag #foo, but I can do so much more... ... I can curate much more precise and targetted Feeds than X/Twitter hashtags could ever be. It means the authoring of Feeds has been delegated to the authors of Feeds. This is powerful!