Why do communities start with an exclamation mark instead of a hashtag?
Why do communities start with an exclamation mark instead of a hashtag?
For example, !lemmy starts with an !, but why not start with a # symbol?
Why does this matter? I'm not aware of any meaning # has, outside of sheet music.
It can be used to denote pounds. Such as an item weighs 10#. There is a reason a lot of stuff did and still tells you to hit the pound sign on automated phone call menus.
Interesting. I've know of it as the pound symbol, but have never actually seen it used as such. I never put the two together.
It's called an octothorpe you heathens
I assume because its like that on matrix, just kind of a symbol of the fediverse maybe to differentiate it
Why so many people hating on this post lmao just try to answer the question, its not too hard
My guess is to leave open the possibility of adding HashTag support within the app. YouTube hash HashTags that allow you to jump between channels... I could see something like that working.