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> Why is it bothering you? I'm not the OP, but it bothered me too. It goes against HN's general discussion style.
by echoless 11y ago
> Why is it bothering you?
I'm not the OP, but it bothered me too. It goes against HN's general discussion style.
- mattl 11y agoIt's also quoted, which seems okay to me.
- echoless 11y agoI was referencing vayarajesh's comment, not hnnewguy's.
- raverbashing 11y ago> It goes against HN's general discussion style What? The use of terminology specific to social media? 1 - HN is social media. 2 - 'OP' is a term as associated with social media of a certain nature as the use of '#'
- echoless 11y agoOP is a term that's been used thousands of times in discussions posted on HN, the same can't be said of hashtags.
- gress 11y ago#998moretogo
- EpicDavi 11y agoTo be fair, hash-tags are used to categorize and group content on social media. HN does not implement this functionality. Essentially, the '#' serves no purpose on HN. Therefore, it is easy to see why people get bothered by it.
- 7Z7 11y agoIt was in quotes. It was clearly meant to characterise a certain type of commenter, rather than serve a categorical function.
- EpicDavi 11y agoAre you serious? Look at vayarajesh's original comment. It 'clearly' states this: It makes me fall in love with Apple more. #Respect No quotes. He/She was using it seriously.
- raverbashing 11y agoActually, it was first used without any support from twitter, then transformed into a tag-like functionality Same with retweets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag#Origin_and_Use http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtag#Origin_and_Use