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|    August Abolins to Charles Pierson    |
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|    22 Nov 20 23:08:00    |
      MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet eaa9a2c2       REPLY: 2:221/6.21 16bf15c2       PID: OpenXP/5.0.47 (Win32)       CHRS: ASCII 1       TZUTC: -0500       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.              --        ../|ug              --- OpenXP 5.0.47        * Origin: Mobile? Join CHAT here: https://tinyurl.com/y5k7tsla (2:221/1.58)       SEEN-BY: 105/81 129/305 153/757 203/0 221/1 6 360 229/426 664 700       SEEN-BY: 280/464 282/1038 301/1 322/757 335/364 423/81 460/58 4500/1       PATH: 221/1 6 153/757 229/664 426           |
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