Subj : Online Communities
To   : Charles Pierson
From : August Abolins
Date : Sun Nov 22 2020 11:08 pm

Hello Charles!

** On Sunday 08.11.20 - 14:21, Charles Pierson wrote to August Abolins:

AA>>>> Twitter, I won't comment on, except to say that I don't like the
AA>>>> hashtag mess that the tweets become.
CP>>> I don't get the hashtags. I mean, I understand what the intent
CP>>> was, but I don't get it.
AA>> They are a way to categorize a message. Clicking on the tag in the
AA>> message shows you other messages that contain the same tag.
AA>> Apparently Telegram has something similar but I haven't studied
AA>> that.

CP> I know what hashtags are and their purpose. I don't get the need for
CP> them.

In review, I see that hashtags can act as a subject for a
message in a traditional sense. They are also clickable. By
clicking the hashtag, you follow the "thread" of everyone else
who uses the hashtag and any addtional comments they might
have.

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