ayo,
@ayo@ayco.io avatar

I think we need interest groups in the #fediverse, or “circles”

ayo,
@ayo@ayco.io avatar

Decentralization makes it feel scattered, but having “circles” a user can “join” (post & interact with) and not just subscribe to will help make it feel organized.

blag,
@blag@typo.social avatar

@ayo @FediTips posted about groups where you set one up, and then, by following it, others receive posts where the group's @ handle is tagged in.

I follow a couple: @mathematics and @philosophy

Here's where that service lives: https://a.gup.pe/

ayo,
@ayo@ayco.io avatar

@blag Yeah I think the mechanism is here already, just a matter of presentation. Instead of "following" and seeing posts as combined in the home timeline... we show it as "join" and have a dedicated timeline, where every post / interaction is directed to the group by default without needing to tag it🤔

atocci,
@atocci@kbin.social avatar

@ayo I believe kbin's magazines function exactly like this, where each one has it's own separate timeline of microblog posts. Posts can be made directly to a magazine from kbin or collected from elsewhere in the fediverse based on a list of hashtags the magazine's moderator curates.

For example, I found this post in the "fediverse" magazine here

  • All
  • Subscribed
  • Moderated
  • Favorites
  • random
  • meta
  • Macbeth
  • All magazines