Yet another thing a robust tagging system would be good for
Npubs could tag the languages of their own profiles and posts (and each other's if needed) so the filter could be based on analyzing these tags with a simple web of trust algorithm instead of a linguistic AI
If #nostr had a good tagging system, most of you would have tags on your profiles showing questions you've never properly answered
I would have put a tag on eliza's public key for refusing to show where I supposedly threatened to kill her after she accused me of that
Everyone would be able to see "this user has a tag from whoever loves Digit saying they make accusations of threats and then refuse to clarify"
The tag would have a link to one of the times I asked her about this, or one of the times she's posted about it
If I lied or the situation changed, eliza could put a tag on my tag linking to where she answered. So everyone would be able to see "this user has a follow up tag saying she did answer here"
For a while, the vast majority of people would have tags on their profiles for topics they're delusional about. But this would change society over time and make people less delusional. You'd want to be able to add those follow up tags that show where you've answered stuff. But if you just keep using weasel words and never actually answering certain questions, everyone would be able to see that. "This user is tagged for never answering this question, oh wait they have a counter tag that leads to this reply where they answered, oh wait they still didn't really answer here it's just weasel words"
If it doesn't bother you to leave it like that, you'd keep getting follow-ups. People would keep being like "hey, you listed this reply as where you answered this question, but this actually looks like you just changed the subject"
This would work for stuff other than questions people refuse to answer. Abusive behavior people refuse to apologize for would show up too. I would have a tag on the profile of SerSleepy (npub1jk9…lqz7) for never apologizing after gaslighting me about Digit being dead while she was alive the whole time. If he actually apologized, I'd update the tag to show how long it took him (it's already been months). He could ignore it, but it would show up when people who follow me check his profile. He could add a counter-tag saying he apologized with a link to some random reply where he didn't actually apologize, but people would notice.
And we don't actually need a tagging system to keep track of this shit, I only brought up the idea of the tagging system to get you thinking about it
Because this is what I'm doing on here naturally, just as a person without a system to help manage it. I keep asking elizableu (npub1yye…hmd0) where I supposedly threatened to kill her. She keeps ignoring me. She could keep replying with a link to where she answered if there was a place where she answered. And more people could join in asking about it if they cared, just like devs could add a robust tagging system to nostr if they cared
This is another thing a robust tagging system would be good for
Clients could automatically tag an npub with every name they're seen with, and users could tag the npub's other known names and npubs, and you could have a tag on any npub showing why you followed them
Accidentally reposted this just now when I meant to quote post it to add -
Another good tag category / spreadsheet to have would be predictions & guesses
Track the predictions an npub has made, mark when they turn out right or turn out wrong, or when they're just vague and manipulative and impossible to prove the outcome of
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One of the most interesting possibilities with a robust tagging system on #nostr would be allowing users to see the discovery chain on posts.
For example, I think a fellow Monero user brought me to that retarded FUD thread by Super Testnet (npub1yxp…399s) the other day, and my replies helped bring other Monero users in. I wonder how many users found that thread directly from my npub, but what's even harder to find out without automated tagging is, how many users found that thread indirectly using my npub and the one that brought me there, in network effect? I mean, if I asked "who remembers finding that thread through me," someone might remember, but if the npub that brought me there asked the same thing, anyone who found the thread through me might not know that also means they found it through the person I found it through. That data could be represented in automated tags.
I believe my impact on network effects is bigger than you can imagine for such a small npub. Like, close to npubs with hundreds of thousands of followers - because those npubs don't even try, they just echo chamber themselves while I actually use global feeds and hashtags and stuff, sifting through spam to find posts from actual nostr users. This is why I'm so heavily targeted and suppressed, the network effect dynamics create panic and desperation in propagandists. My occasional work sifting through hashtags is also specifically why Derek Ross (npub18am…p424) was so angry when I called him out for his bullshit about hashtag spam filtering. People like Derek Ross cannot handle letting hashtags be full of posts from actual nostr users instead of spam, because that would boost nostr's network effect far more than I do.
quotingAnother thing a robust tagging system would be good for: duplicate posts and spin-off posts
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When you're reposting a meme as a new post, you could add a duplicate post tag, with a link to the previous post
When you post a new meme using an existing format, you could use a spin-off tag with a link to the earliest known use of that meme format, helping keep meme history alive
Also #nostr history in general, since this works for more than memes
And of course everyone would be able to use these tags, not just the original poster