...there's also this thing where 'Ben gets in a funk and we kinda all band together to pull him out of it, and sharing helps get that moving. 'cuz it's that kind of a place.
I wish he'd use that tag. Or hubski had the ability to only filter people on certain tags, like people who like my posts but hate my book prattling could filter rinx+books or something. I love that you guys support a friend but it's unhealthy for me to read this stuff. Last time I tried to filter (just filter) him it muted him instead, and I really don't want to exclude anyone from conversations.
The tag.user system was in place for a while but was cancelled because of lack of interest. You still see it on older posts, but nobody ever really gave a shit about it, and it this got canned in favor of more tagging options. Cases like this would support its reinstatement, but I think that shop has sailed.
What do you mean it was cancelled? Because I use #music.Existentialist so others can filter my poor music taste. It looks like it works.
I don't really mean something similar to that, although it would work. I essentially mean ability to "and" filters. Lets say your vegan and I'm vegetarian. I like your posts normally, but we keep butting heads in #vegetarian because you and I disagree over the ethics of eggs. Right now I would have to filter (b_b) or filter (#vegetarian). Or try to guess which sites you'll post from most and ban them (eggsaremurder.com). These options kinda suck. If I could filter only when both conditions are met (b_b+vegetarian), then I could enjoy conversations with you without us getting into ideological battles. You could post your daiya recipes and I could post mac and cheese recipes without either of us needed to butt heads.
If you've got a user who you always butt heads with over a certain topic, you could try not always rehashing the same topic because by the third or fourth time you should know where it's gonna end. If you keep picking a fight with someone, you might kind of be a douche. Like, let's say you and I disagree about eggs. We hash it out on 3 posts you put up. By the time I see a 4th post about a similar topic from you, I shouldn't need to reiterate everything I've already said or make the same arguments I've always made because we've been through it before. If I do, then I'm more concerned with blanketing you with my pedantic viewpoint than having a discussion. I mean, go ahead, give a post a chance and give posters chances too. But you don't have to click every link in your feed. You don't have to pick a fight every time you see a comment you disagree with. There's a lot to be said for saying, "Nope, not worth it" and moving on. I think there's more value to strengthening your ability to do that, than removing any potential arguments from your view.