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echoless | 11 years ago

> Why is it bothering you?

I'm not the OP, but it bothered me too. It goes against HN's general discussion style.

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mattl|11 years ago

It's also quoted, which seems okay to me.

echoless|11 years ago

I was referencing vayarajesh's comment, not hnnewguy's.

raverbashing|11 years ago

> It goes against HN's general discussion style

What? The use of terminology specific to social media?

1 - HN is social media.

2 - 'OP' is a term as associated with social media of a certain nature as the use of '#'

EpicDavi|11 years ago

To be fair, hash-tags are used to categorize and group content on social media. HN does not implement this functionality. Essentially, the '#' serves no purpose on HN. Therefore, it is easy to see why people get bothered by it.

echoless|11 years ago

OP is a term that's been used thousands of times in discussions posted on HN, the same can't be said of hashtags.