Comment on Fediverse alternative to Pinterest?
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 13 hours agoIdk about you but I use pinterest to find inspo for all kinds of things. For that to work, the posts need extensive hashtagging/indexing that goes beyond the occasional hashtag on Mastodon I think. In Pinterest, I really want their Algorithm to find the stuff I don’t know yet I’m looking for. If that kind of search existed, we wouldn’t need a specific Pinterest clone I guess - maybe a topic-board thing on Pixelfed would be enough if the indexing would be sufficient.
brucethemoose@lemmy.world 13 hours ago
Open source serving algorithms exist. They have the benefit of being customizable, not purely engagement driven.
As for tagging, I think Ao3’s system is exemplary: fanlore.org/wiki/AO3_Tagging_System
tofu@lemmy.nocturnal.garden 13 hours ago
That sounds good! If Pixelfed or similar implemented that, it could be sufficient. A new fedi service starting from scratch would lack the existing pool of resources since federation only happens when a post gets posted/boosted but after some time it could actually be useful.