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It's kind of a testament to the silly times we're in that this kind of thing is covered by the Wall Street Journal.
by joonix 14y ago
It's kind of a testament to the silly times we're in that this kind of thing is covered by the Wall Street Journal.
- dclusin 14y agoOr that what was created to be a bandaid over a design failure (was hashtag on purpose or not?) is now being considered a feature.
- 27182818284 14y agoI think it has transitioned from band-aid to design feature (when Twitter officially started using it) and then it transitioned once more. In the last transition, it has become more like an emoticon and can be used where hashtags don't make technical sense but do convey something extra. For example, I was having a Gmail chat with someone the other day and they said "I just ordered six boxes of Girl Scout Cookies. #fatty"