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[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

I agree with the point of the post...

But why did that person put a hash tag at the beginning of every sentence? Maybe the weirdest punctuation usage ever

[-] Tar_alcaran@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago

You can put hashtags on your Tumblr posts. And people sometimes use it as a post scriptum

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

When you make or reblog a post, you can add tags at the bottom. Ostensibly these are for searching/categorization, but people often use them to write out responses to posts so that their followers can reblog the it without bringing their comment along (Tumblr just puts all replies into a single extended post so it's a bit cumbersome to have long comment chains). The tags are visible in the "notes" section of the post, so people can still see it.

When you see a screenshot like this, it likely means that the response was made by someone else and the OP self reblogged it because they thought it was important.

[-] rickyrigatoni@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Also tumblr now does have the ability to remove additions to a reblog chain but the users consider it very rude so people rarely do it.

[-] Rolando@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Ostensibly these are for searching/categorization, but people often use them to write out responses to posts so that their followers can reblog the it without bringing their comment along (Tumblr just puts all replies into a single extended post so it’s a bit cumbersome to have long comment chains). The tags are visible in the “notes” section of the post, so people can still see it.

wtf. and they say the fediverse is confusing...

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Tumblr has made a lot of.... questionable UX decisions, but the users have found ways around them.

Something I forgot to mention as a possible origin for putting text in tags: Tumblr used to allow you to edit other peoples' posts when you reblogged them, leading to a fear of Danny Devito and, infamously, the John Green post.

@TrickDacy@lemmy.world important addendum

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks. Can the tags contain spaces? Either way, my understanding of tags is completely broken by this

[-] Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Yep, though there's certain punctuation that will break them. I think this practice is why even regular Tumblr posts tend to have strange grammar.

[-] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

Thanks for the response 👍

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