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To 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
by EpicDavi 11y ago
To 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