this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
9 points (84.6% liked)

Lemmy

2172 readers
96 users here now

Everything about Lemmy; bugs, gripes, praises, and advocacy.

For discussion about the lemmy.ml instance, go to [email protected].

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
9
Why do communities start with an exclamation mark instead of a hashtag? (lemmy.ml)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
24 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 

For example, !lemmy starts with an !, but why not start with a # symbol?

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] Steve 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Why does this matter? I'm not aware of any meaning # has, outside of sheet music.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

It can be used to denote pounds. Such as an item weighs 10#. There is a reason a lot of stuff did and still tells you to hit the pound sign on automated phone call menus.

[–] Steve 1 points 2 years ago

Interesting. I've know of it as the pound symbol, but have never actually seen it used as such. I never put the two together.