######octothorp.es

#why-we-made-octothorpes

  • Why We Made Octothorpes -

    https://ideastore.dev/blog/why-tho

    So my friend Nik and I made a way to use hashtags on any website. You set up little networks, like webrings, so that all the sites on the network can see the hashtags just like they were part of the same platform. We’re calling it Octothorpes and if you just want to get started using them, go here.

  • After xoxo

    https://mmmx.cloud/after-xoxo

    There was a particularly strong thread that ran through most of my conversations at XOXO this year. It was braided from questions (pleas?) like the following:

  • Hashtags, Why Tho?

    https://nikolas.ws/why-thorpes-tho

  • I Can't Stop Galaxy Braining

    https://mmmx.cloud/i-cannot-stop-galaxy-braining

    I have very strong, interconnected synesthesia. This makes categorization of really any kind rather non-linear for me. I’m glad to have avoided developing a ...

  • We really like personal sites but the internet has been turning into poisonous garbage at an alarming rate

    https://mmmx.cloud/we-really-like-personal-sites-but-the-internet-has-been-turning-into-poisonous-garbage-at-an-alarming-rate

    Part of me wants to talk about how fun the internet was when it was just websites. But we barely had tags then, let alone hashtags. Much like the “Y2K Garage...

  • We got used to talking to the internet itself instead of people on the internet

    https://mmmx.cloud/we-got-used-to-talking-to-the-internet-itself-instead-of-people-on-the-internet

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