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Re: Re: A convention for gemlog tags

“Re: A convention for gemlog tags”

Helpful feedback, thanks!

Someone[a] actually sent me a private email mentioning ‘#hashtags’. i have a few reasons i don't want to use inline hashtags:

A relevant tag might not be naturally part of the text. For example, my recent post “Error messages” is something i'd want to tag with ‘ict’ (a tag i regularly use in my buku database), but the post doesn't contain that text.

Personally, find them distracting when they appear in longer-form writing.

i probably got overloaded on them from using Twitter years ago.

i'm not currently on any microblogging platform, so my current associations with them are of people using them jokingly to create a certain effect.

i was also trying to avoid using the English word ‘tags’, because (even though i'm a native English speaker) i'd prefer a signifier that was language neutral.

Which means i like the idea of ‘🏷’! This possibility didn't occur to me, but since others are using it, i'm happy to join in.

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[a] You know who you are - happy to credit you by name if you're comfortable with that!