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[Moogie]

I actually set this up last night but didn't get the chance to mention it

We now have a (very simple) form of hashtagging available at the forum. That is to say that if you add a #hashtag into your post it will automatically be converted into a link to find other posts with the same hashtag

This could be particularly useful for posts which we need to refer to a lot, for example we mods could add in some memorable hashtags into relevant topics (eg #scalestopic into Caroline's fantastic topic about the scales going upwards), allowing you to include the same hashtag in a post when you want to refer a user to that post. When they click the link it'll take them to a list of topics containing that hashtag

It may not be the most perfect implementation but it should prove handy even so

Thanks Moogie that sounds really useful

[Betsysgr8]

Just testing #NEAT hmmm ok didn't quite get the response I wanted but I can see that it will work in a pinch until I can find the actual thread I want to read or quote. Thanks Moogie!

Oh I see, I think, the hashtag has to be added to the original post to give a more direct link? So if kencc's post about NEAT were to be given a hashtag and I were to refer to it in a post I would put something like #NEATtopic or #kenccNEAT or whatever the original post had as hashtag?

Sorry I don't really do twitter and rarely look at facebook.

[Moogie]

That's right. It would also list any other posts which mention the same tag. So it's useful for sort of grouping similar posts together.

[carorees]

I was just trying to add a hashtag to the main 16:8 thread #sixteeneight but on preview it didn't seem to work...what did I do wrong?

Caroline, I think the tag you put in the original post was the numeric 16:8 instead of the text sixteeneight, I edited it and I think it works now...

[Moogie]

Hashtags can only use alphanumerics, not punctuation

sounds good and thanks for the explanation on how hashtags work - i never really got my head round twitering and have just noticed them appearing in FB

jeniben
hoping to be able to find 16/8, scales and all the other useful topics

[carorees]

I wonder if it is worth having a list of the hashtags we have used somewhere?

Oh dear, my eyes have glazed over - can't get my head around hashtags on twitter etc., I can see I'm going to have to try much, much harder but never mind 'cos I know some kind person will come along and help me if (read: when) I need it

[carorees]

@Suchard007: if you are writing a post and want to refer to a topic that comes up again and again you can put a hash (#) sign in front of a keyword that comes up in that topic, such as #insomnia and then when you submit your post the word insomnia becomes a link which will produce a list of topics including the word insomnia! Try it!

I wonder if it is worth having a list of the hashtags we have used somewhere?

thats a damn fine idea as i could be looking for 168 and it should be sixteeneight

thanks moogie et all

Moogie that is awesome! To you, I doff my cap.

Thanks Caroline, I'll definitely try it - "but I think you'll find it's a bit more complicated than that" hee hee

WOW is that what the # is all about - it has always been a total mystery to me.

I'm gonna have to try it out somewhere else now - amazing!!!!!

Thank you for the illumination moogie