this post was submitted on 09 Jun 2023
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A hashtag for community seems much better than an exclamation mark.
You already said that
But you didn't say why Lemmy does not use hashtags for communities.
probably because a hashtag is already a thing that means something else in other apps. making hashtag mean a community here would give it 2 meaning depending on the app and that's not user friendly cause people will make mistakes if they move between apps.
therefore a new character was chosen for communities to avoid such confusion