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A comment on Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol?. Parent comment

Re:Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol? by brokenstapler on Thursday July 10, 2014 @11:05AM (#8015199)
Ok, but how is that different than a link? Are you saying that inserting a tilda will tell the mobile app to link to something? Sorry, I don't see this solving any problem. I see it just adding another layer of complication to a system.
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Re:Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol? by needleme on Thursday July 10, 2014 @11:16AM (#8015232)
it is different than a link in the same way that @ will link to a user. The ~ will trigger the list of my object to share. You know when in Instagram you start typing @ it return the list of user you want to mention? Same goes with the ~ but it return the list of the object I've posted
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