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   Message 143 of 1,840   
   August Abolins to Charles Pierson   
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   22 Nov 20 23:08:00   
   
   MSGID: 2:221/1.58@fidonet eaa9a2c2   
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   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.   
      
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