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Written by matt wilkie on 2024-12-28 at 18:20

i was puzzled by jwz's dislike of hashtags in posts, but having used them for a while myself I'm now inclined to agree.

They're visually intrusive (some clients do a better job of integrating tho), inflate the character count, lead to perennial "what tags to put this in that isn't every 3rd word" decision fatigue, and lead to spamming completely unrelated feeds.

(all above can also be read as: my apologies to the patchwork quilters and jj anime fans)

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Written by John-Mark Gurney on 2024-12-28 at 22:12

@maphew

I agree with the dislikes, but there are some hashtags that definitely get wider exposure when I include some tags like python.

But I'm definitely in the side of if I remember to include a hash tag, I will but I don't feel bad (and will never feel bad) about not including them (or a particular one).

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