<![CDATA[Veganism is not a diet.]]>Veganism is not a diet. It is a life style, or philosophical belief (according to a UK judge).

In the most commonly used tag for veganisme is diet:vegan. This is pretty strange, especially to tag for example a clothes (shoe) shop with diet:vegan : only.

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/topic/fbe0d66e-1b01-413f-9fb0-770e4e7560a1/veganism-is-not-a-diet.RSS for NodeMon, 24 Aug 2026 11:25:57 GMTSun, 23 Aug 2026 15:07:16 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to Veganism is not a diet. on Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:35:04 GMT]]>@anderslund @janvlug IIRC the tag was originally vegan, but various people systematically them to diet:*. Also applies to things like kosher and halal.

(My hairdresser uses vegan products).

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]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/anderslund/statuses/117145515049312124https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://expressional.social/users/anderslund/statuses/117145515049312124Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:25:03 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Veganism is not a diet. on Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:20:16 GMT]]>@anderslund I think that the prefix "diet" in the tag "diet:vegan" is not really correct. Veganism is not a diet, and also not only about eating and drinking.

I would say veganism is more an ethical point of view to do not harm animals in any way. A vegan clothes and shoe shop tagging with "diet:vegan" is a bit strange.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/janvlug/statuses/117145496193410079https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://mastodon.social/users/janvlug/statuses/117145496193410079Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:20:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Veganism is not a diet. on Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:19:27 GMT]]>@janvlug I think I've used this tag on a tattoo shop, too. It's definitely not ideal.

]]>https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/users/uneabeille/statuses/117145492998269508https://forum.fedi.dk/post/https://en.osm.town/users/uneabeille/statuses/117145492998269508Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:19:27 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to Veganism is not a diet. on Sun, 23 Aug 2026 15:11:33 GMT]]>@janvlug So what you say is that is missing a tag for non-animal produce? 🙂

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