@Stardust this is a great approach I see suggested often. A 2-dimensional identity for a community; one through tags, another through names/policies/wikis/sidebar info. Like, you might have users see all the time and identify with from a specific sub, and also have labeled/mechanical community interaction with much less familiar people in the tags if that makes any sense. Kind of like how Reddit would recommend related posts from adjacent subs I suppose, but this would be on a user-generated level.
@TruthButtCharioteer I just checked out Phanphy per this post and really like it. It feels snappy and looks good. Using it as an app on my iPhone now, too. I don't check Mastodon enough to justify $2/mo for Ivory, but if one does it's another great app.
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