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Re:Visualizing 13M Bluesky users by sph on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @04:25PM (#42119863)
Rather I think Twitter-style hashtags take inspiration from IRC channels in the format of #topic

Because channel names are not hashtags. The syntax is purely because IRC is a text-based protocol, so you need a special way to distinguish channel names from regular text.

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Re:Visualizing 13M Bluesky users by extraduder_ire on Tuesday November 12, 2024 @05:16PM (#42120367)
# also has the advantage of being on a key on a T9 keypad while using twitter over SMS was in style.
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