Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agoWhen did the world change to the so called hashtag? When I was younger it was only the pound sign. So hashtag Taylor Swift still reads in my mind pound Taylor Swift?message-squaremessage-square46linkfedilinkarrow-up192
arrow-up192message-squareWhen did the world change to the so called hashtag? When I was younger it was only the pound sign. So hashtag Taylor Swift still reads in my mind pound Taylor Swift?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 6 months agomessage-square46linkfedilink
minus-squareYaky@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·6 months agoIIRC Twitter introduced using # to make words searchable across all of the tweets, hence the name.
minus-squarebrax@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 months agoIt had potential to be a great way to index and find things based on key terms. The flaw was letting the normies use it.
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·6 months agoI’m looking for an #apple #iPhone that comes in #orange #project16april2026 #all #frontpage #fyp #hot #ok #sale #android
IIRC Twitter introduced using # to make words searchable across all of the tweets, hence the name.
It had potential to be a great way to index and find things based on key terms. The flaw was letting the normies use it.
I’m looking for an #apple #iPhone that comes in #orange #project16april2026 #all #frontpage #fyp #hot #ok #sale #android
Exactly that kind of shit lol