ThatтАЩs why IтАЩm hesitant to suggest it! It could open up a can of worms for pile ons. ЁЯШм
But Katie (this is where I would tag you if I could), to answer your question: I primarily would want it to have conversations between interested parties.
Alternatively, maybe thereтАЩs a way to just tag publications? As in: тАЬThis is an interesting article! Have you read anything on @Common Sense? I think youтАЩd have a lot in common.тАЭ And then someone from Common Sense would be notified they had been tagged in a comment.
I like the idea of tagging publications, especially in articles, so I donтАЩt have to go find their URL. ЁЯШЕ It could also be a good way to let you know who is talking about you on substack.
Would also love to know which parts of tagging feel most annoying! Is it that others are tagging and notifying you, or more the aesthetics of seeing @this and @that everywhere?
it's annoying to me because i feel like it is a tool of 'influencer' culture, which is a giant human centipede i'd rather not get in the middle of. hope that helps! ;-)
My biggest concern is the potential of toxicity, piling on, trying to get a writerтАЩs attention on a post. One of the things I love about Substack as a тАЬsocialтАЭ platform is how I usually donтАЩt see people trashing other writers here. Tagging could open it up to that.
On the other hand, I would love the ability to call peopleтАЩs in the comment thread weтАЩre already commenting in! If someone said something insightful somewhere else in a 600+ comment thread, it would be nice to point that comment out to them. It would also be cool to tag other publications in a post and have it work a little like recommendations so you can see who reads your post or follows you.
can i respectfully cast my vote against this? it's one of the many reasons i can't stand social media. someone has to stop the insanity!
Amen.
ThatтАЩs why IтАЩm hesitant to suggest it! It could open up a can of worms for pile ons. ЁЯШм
But Katie (this is where I would tag you if I could), to answer your question: I primarily would want it to have conversations between interested parties.
Alternatively, maybe thereтАЩs a way to just tag publications? As in: тАЬThis is an interesting article! Have you read anything on @Common Sense? I think youтАЩd have a lot in common.тАЭ And then someone from Common Sense would be notified they had been tagged in a comment.
agree! tagging just publications could be a good middle ground...
I like the idea of tagging publications, especially in articles, so I donтАЩt have to go find their URL. ЁЯШЕ It could also be a good way to let you know who is talking about you on substack.
Would also love to know which parts of tagging feel most annoying! Is it that others are tagging and notifying you, or more the aesthetics of seeing @this and @that everywhere?
it's annoying to me because i feel like it is a tool of 'influencer' culture, which is a giant human centipede i'd rather not get in the middle of. hope that helps! ;-)
My biggest concern is the potential of toxicity, piling on, trying to get a writerтАЩs attention on a post. One of the things I love about Substack as a тАЬsocialтАЭ platform is how I usually donтАЩt see people trashing other writers here. Tagging could open it up to that.
On the other hand, I would love the ability to call peopleтАЩs in the comment thread weтАЩre already commenting in! If someone said something insightful somewhere else in a 600+ comment thread, it would be nice to point that comment out to them. It would also be cool to tag other publications in a post and have it work a little like recommendations so you can see who reads your post or follows you.