• LegionEris [she/her]
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    361 year ago

    Hashtags work on a wide range of platforms and double as search terms. It probably sticks in the mind of the average passerby better than website and gets people to your message about as well overall.

    • paraphrand
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      91 year ago

      Yeah. They existed before Twitter too.

      • El Barto
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        31 year ago

        What platforms used it before Twitter?

        • paraphrand
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          111 year ago

          Well, back then I wouldn’t call “blogs” a platform. But that’s what helped popularize tags.

          • El Barto
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            11 year ago

            Did blogs share tags? I can’t recall, but I believe you. I do remember backlinks.

            • paraphrand
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              21 year ago

              I don’t think so. At least not as a matter of course.

              But they did help organize content, and helped search engines as metadata. At least before (?) SEO destroyed their utility.