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this post was submitted on 17 Sep 2024
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The original SMS version of Twitter.
Later, the name hashtags, in American English this symbol #️⃣ was ~~always~~ best known as the pound key. It was also known as an Octothorpe.
Actually I still don't understand why anyone wants to use Twitter.
The first time I learned of its American naming was the classic "pound quake 3 arena" audio clip from the #quake3arena IRC channel.
"Uhhhhhh pound quake 3 arena"
".... What the hell was that?"