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@inthehands@hachyderm.io 21 hr. ago

Automated phone system keeps saying “enter _____ followed by the hashtag sign,” and I am dying inside

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@inthehands@hachyderm.io 21 hr. ago

“hashtag” is the new “backslash”

@inthehands@hachyderm.io 21 hr. ago

make sure to start your eunichs scrips with “hashtag exclamation-dot backslash”

@inthehands@hachyderm.io 20 hr. ago

Here, I made a helpful image while waiting for trick-or-treaters. Now at long last you can be pedantic online!

A # symbol, labeled: “This is not a hashtag.”

A # is called a hash, number sign, pound sign, or octothorp.

In “#punctuation,” the # is a hash symbol, and “punctuation” is a tag: a word used for categorizing and discovering digital content.

“hash” + “tag” = “hashtag” — A # symbol, labeled: “This is not a hashtag.” A # is called a hash, number sign, pound sign, or octothorp. In “#punctuation,” the # is a hash symbol, and “punctuation” is a tag: a word used for categorizing and discovering digital content. “hash” + “tag” = “hashtag”

@inthehands@hachyderm.io 20 hr. ago

Obligatory 99pi: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/octothorpe/

Octothorpe - 99% Invisible

If you want to follow conversation threads relating to this show on social media — whether Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, Tumblr — you know to look for the hashtag: #99pi. In our current digital age, the hashtag identifies movements, events, happenings, brands — topics of all kinds. The “#” didn’t always have this meaning, though. It’s had

@inthehands@hachyderm.io 20 hr. ago

Main advantages of Mastodon:

1. No ads
2. Not controlled by tech billionaires
3. You’ll get likes for being pedantic about punctuation