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Hashtag synonyms

I moved away from using hashtags for my site, so this is now less relevant.

Hashtag aliases¶

some hashtags should be linked to each other.
e.g. plugin addon extension all mean the same thing.
But their relevant app decides what word to use within it’s community.

Solutions¶

options:

  • move away from this, and always use plugin.
  • have some kind of linked tag support: aliases for (hash)tags
    develop a plugin?
  • don’t use hashtags, and use note links instead.

The use of tags is quite divided.

  • Some say to use tags for note statuses instead of linking. Since linking should always be decisive with wikilink
  • But Tags can help with new insights by finding new connections, whereas wikilinks rely on the author making the connection. Limited to their knowledge.

This post discusses differences between links and tags.
Overall links are better supported in Obsidian , and tags are a more primitive form of links, but without a page.
One thing you could do, is make a page for every hashtag, and use wikilinks instead of hashtags everywhere! This allows you to use aliases.

Obsidian supports Obsidian aliases for notes & links

related: nested tags, e.g. #writing, #writing/academic

PKM hashtag synonym duplicate aliases
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