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chaddicus · 1 year ago

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hashtags as used on Tumblr evolving into a standard punctuation mark in frequent use as a result of tags being limited in length but not restrictive of character (besides hard breaks like commas), and so the hashtag is a naturally occurring stop in one's asides and discussions. vs hashtags on other (often algorithmic) platforms indicating a word or phrase that will at best provide a punchline or context to the rest of the post or at worst be of no use or value to the viewer and function only as a bribe to the computer to show more people your face or whatever. is there something here?

#x: axel talks #listen I love any stuff I ever see about Internet linguistics or whatever you know #Tumblr dialect sorta shit I LOVE that.#I would love to talk to ppl about stuff like this I would love to hear/see other ppls thoughts on this #like do you think our familiarity with the format of Tumblr tags making hashtags a sort of punctuation mark #would ever breach the boundaries of the tag box and actually become a part of how we phrase our main post content sincerely?#or is this usage purely limited to the environment which does not *allow* one to neglect the hashtag?#internet linguistics #maaybe? don't roast me too much lol I'm just having fun thinking abt this

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