gylotip@lemmy.ml to Lemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agoWhy do communities start with an exclamation mark instead of a hashtag?message-squaremessage-square24fedilinkarrow-up111arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up19arrow-down1message-squareWhy do communities start with an exclamation mark instead of a hashtag?gylotip@lemmy.ml to Lemmy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 years agomessage-square24fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareKNova@links.dartboard.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoI explained that hashtags use the pound symbol already, and usernames use the @ symbol. Communities needed their own symbol.
minus-squaregylotip@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·2 years agoOkay, but how does a hashtag work? Can you give an example of a hashtagged word where Lemmy uses a hashtag?
minus-squareKNova@links.dartboard.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 years ago#hashtags don’t automatically work on Lemmy, but if I cross post this comment to another federated service (mastodon etc.) the hashtags should work there. #lemmy @knova@knova@dartboard.social
minus-squaregylotip@lemmy.mlOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoOkay, we have: # for tagging something @ for usernames ! for communities But does a question mark have any purpose here?
I explained that hashtags use the pound symbol already, and usernames use the @ symbol. Communities needed their own symbol.
Okay, but how does a hashtag work? Can you give an example of a hashtagged word where Lemmy uses a hashtag?
#hashtags don’t automatically work on Lemmy, but if I cross post this comment to another federated service (mastodon etc.) the hashtags should work there. #lemmy @knova@knova@dartboard.social
Okay, we have:
#for tagging something@for usernames!for communitiesBut does a question mark have any purpose here?
Not that I’m aware.