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Chris Messina@chrismessina
Are you favor of hashtags on /dev/null? (FWIW, hashtags in a closed network with stronger identity protections would be less prone to hashtag abuse, like how they worked in the early days of Twttr.) #IDemandHashtags
  • Hell yes!42%, 14 votes
  • Hell no!36%, 12 votes
  • I have thoughts... see my comment below21%, 7 votes

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Younes@younes-io
what would "hashtag" mean in /dev/null? wouldn't it be enough to search the keyword if you'd get the same results? i genuinely try to understand what does it mean for /dev/null and what are its implications for search, recommendation algos here, etc..

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Chris Messina
The functionality is really about giving people a way to generate arbitrary tokens around which conversations can grow. I mean, I could end my posts with the text "I Demand Hashtags" but that's kind of weird, and less inviting of participation than #IDemandHashtags. The latter…