That's not a bad idea. The problem is whether that should exist alongside subs or not - because we do eventually want subs.
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A nice thing about tags over subs is that one post can have many, so there is more metadata about posts and you can have kind-of subs by filtering tags by URL. so for instance the stacker.news/tags/bitcoin would contain only posts with the
bitcoin tag or you could have an aggregated sub that has multiple tags like stacker.news/tags/bitcoin,cryptography Even posts could be tagged with #bitcoin for instance, adding metadata to posts for better searches.reply
Don't you get the same thing from posts cross-posted to subs? AFAIK you can't browse
/r/bitcoin,cryptography on reddit, but we could allow such a thing.reply
With cross-post you make another publication I think, this approach keeps discussion and tips in the thread posted by OP and not a cross publication. /r/bitcoin,cryptography would give you posts tagged either Bitcoin or cryptography so you can curate your news list based on interests.
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I see. Hrmmmm maybe we can do a hybrid approach and it doesn't create a new post but just uses the same one.
I also think it should probably cost 1 sat for every 'sub' or 'tag' that you add.
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maybe hybrid approach can be in a way that you have subs which are basically just predefined filters for major tags to make it easier for users (its also more efficient in terms of filtering by tag vs doing full text search of user queries for the same thing)
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bitcoin,lightning,meta,cryptographyoramacould be tags that you can click to see posts filtered by tag like in lobste.rs