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Re:4chan’s new troll campaign aims to make the hashtag a whi... by notnot on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @12:03AM (#20027128)
I don't think this will work. Excuse my nonsense logic but the swastika works well as a symbol of hate (despite having other origins and meanings) in that it has a single center with coherent angular spirals, the center signifying the ego and the spirals signifying logic and order complying with it... or something.

The hashtag has an empty center and four equal points that sort of radiate in multiple directions... seems more oligopolistic and ambivalent than totalitarian and opinionated.

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Re:4chan’s new troll campaign aims to make the hashtag a whi... by sdwisely on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @12:10AM (#20027158)
the idea is for it to be a troll and a signal with plausible deniability

more along the lines of the "okay" gesture https://www.adl.org/blog/how-the-ok-symbol-became-a-popular-...

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Re:4chan’s new troll campaign aims to make the hashtag a whi... by ddingus on Tuesday May 28, 2019 @12:23AM (#20027205)
It's name is octothorpe. Say it, spread it.

The curio will combat the troll.

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