You can put hashtags on your Tumblr posts. And people sometimes use it as a post scriptum
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TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 months 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 3 months ago
Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 3 months 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 3 months 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 3 months ago
wtf. and they say the fediverse is confusing…
Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 3 months 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 Hank Green post.
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@TrickDacy@lemmy.world important addendum
TrickDacy@lemmy.world 3 months ago
Thanks. Can the tags contain spaces? Either way, my understanding of tags is completely broken by this
Theharpyeagle@lemmy.world 3 months 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 3 months ago
Thanks for the response 👍