Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agoWhen did the world change to the so called hashtag? When I was younger it was only the pound sign. So hashtag Taylor Swift still reads in my mind pound Taylor Swift?message-squaremessage-square45linkfedilinkarrow-up193arrow-down18
arrow-up185arrow-down1message-squareWhen did the world change to the so called hashtag? When I was younger it was only the pound sign. So hashtag Taylor Swift still reads in my mind pound Taylor Swift?Don_Dickle@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square45linkfedilink
minus-squareFriendOfDeSotolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up23·5 months agoI grew up with # being pound as well. The use of the pound symbol to highlight shit came from coding. Hash is another word for the pound symbol. It tags stuff. Ergo hashtag. Born in the glory years of Twitter.
minus-squareNighed@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down2·5 months ago£ - pound. # - hash. As far as I’m concerned (30s, UK) is always been that?
minus-squareFriendOfDeSotolinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·5 months agoI think this is a common language divided by an ocean thing.
I grew up with # being pound as well. The use of the pound symbol to highlight shit came from coding. Hash is another word for the pound symbol. It tags stuff. Ergo hashtag. Born in the glory years of Twitter.
£ - pound.
# - hash.
As far as I’m concerned (30s, UK) is always been that?
I think this is a common language divided by an ocean thing.