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Why do communities start with an exclamation mark instead of a hashtag? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by gylotip@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml

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For example, !lemmy starts with an !, but why not start with a # symbol?

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[–] knova@links.dartboard.social 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I explained that hashtags use the pound symbol already, and usernames use the @ symbol. Communities needed their own symbol.

[–] gylotip@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, but how does a hashtag work? Can you give an example of a hashtagged word where Lemmy uses a hashtag?

[–] knova@links.dartboard.social 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

#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

[–] gylotip@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Okay, we have:

# for tagging something
@ for usernames
! for communities

But does a question mark have any purpose here?

[–] knova@links.dartboard.social 3 points 1 year ago

Not that I’m aware.