We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we started our own

Re:We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we s... by LorenDB on Saturday February 24, 2024 @04:14PM (#39495193)

What's with the hashtags inside a normal blog post? It's not like they're writing this on Twitter or anything, and the hashtags aren't clickable, so I wouldn't expect this to serve as SEO. I would guess one of two things: (1) they plan to post the same content to social media or (2) they've decided that people search hashtags in their search engines in general.

I'd be interested if anybody has more insights into this.

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Re:We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we s... by LoganDark on Saturday February 24, 2024 @04:44PM (#39495392)

Or (3) hashtags have become some intrinsic quality of writing by people whose minds have been entirely corrupted by social media junk

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Re:We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we s... by minimaxir on Saturday February 24, 2024 @04:45PM (#39495395)

Same reason they have random emoji at the ends of each bullet point: it's an intentional forced-quirky vibe.

It has been a part of most major AI open source projects lately, for some reason: https://sigmoid.social/@minimaxir/110951886465291229

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Re:We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we s... by LorenDB on Saturday February 24, 2024 @05:08PM (#39495574)

I agree that people use emojis waaaay too much for this sort of stuff (see also: certain projects' commit messages, various READMEs).

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Re:We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we s... by codetrotter on Saturday February 24, 2024 @05:45PM (#39495826)

Imagine getting upset over emojis.

It’s just injecting a little bit of life and visual variance into the text.

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Re:We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we s... by MrVandemar on Saturday February 24, 2024 @06:03PM (#39495950)

>It’s just injecting a little bit of life and visual variance into the text.

The best way to inject a little bit of life into a text is with engaging and vibrant writing, not putting colourful stickers all over it.

I guess the sticker thing works for 6 year olds though.

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Re:We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we s... by user_7832 on Saturday February 24, 2024 @08:26PM (#39496755)

Good writing is nice, but emojis can certainly make it colorful.

Personally I feel the (excessive) colors can be distracting, but that's just my view.

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Re:We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we s... by bradleyjkemp on Saturday February 24, 2024 @04:47PM (#39495406)

Appears the blogpost text is from a LinkedIn post (where the hashtags are clickable): https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zayarni_qdrant-summer-of-code...

Nothing more interesting than copy-paste I'm afraid

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Re:We were not accepted into Google Summer of Code. So, we s... by andre-z on Saturday February 24, 2024 @05:05PM (#39495545)

Sorry, my bad. Was partially copied from Linkedin, where I post most of the content. No idea behind. The emojis are from here https://qdrant.to/gsoc24

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