I was thinking we could have a section where you can see what’s trending based on the hashtags used by people. This would be a nice way to discover new content focused in themes, just like we can find in Twitter.
I could see this being good and bad. Very similar to the issues we had on Flickr. There was a period of time where accounts would check the home page of Flickr and see what hashtags were trending/had the most engagement and then spam all of those hashtags on their posts to get more visibility, regardless of them having anything to do with what they posted.
While, yes, seeing what hashtags are trending could lead you to a newly opened event/store/giveaway/etc. it would also open the possibility for engagement farming and I don’t think we want that here.
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Sandie Cheeks
Jul 24
I could see this being good and bad. Very similar to the issues we had on Flickr. There was a period of time where accounts would check the home page of Flickr and see what hashtags were trending/had the most engagement and then spam all of those hashtags on their posts to get more visibility, regardless of them having anything to do with what they posted.
While, yes, seeing what hashtags are trending could lead you to a newly opened event/store/giveaway/etc. it would also open the possibility for engagement farming and I don’t think we want that here.