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Why do communities start with an exclamation mark instead of a hashtag? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 1 year ago by gylotip@lemmy.ml to c/lemmy@lemmy.ml
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For example, !lemmy starts with an !, but why not start with a # symbol?

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[–] gylotip@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

A hashtag for community seems much better than an exclamation mark.

[–] knova@links.dartboard.social 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You already said that

[–] gylotip@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

But you didn't say why Lemmy does not use hashtags for communities.

[–] knova@links.dartboard.social 1 points 1 year ago

I explained that hashtags use the pound symbol already, and usernames use the @ symbol. Communities needed their own symbol.