I don't let subscribers create hashtags lest things get out of control. They way I see it, flagging everything as important is the same as flagging nothing as important, only noisier.
Many of my members feel the same way and have asked me not to tell anyone about them.
On May 2, 2018, at 9:59 AM, Bruce Bowman <bruce.bowman@...> wrote:
Now for owners and moderators, you can use them to automatically restrict topic duration, put topics on moderated status from the outset, etc. I've found such things useful for system notices, general administrative messages, etc. Bright colors, if selected, make such notices stand out in the topics display page. I encourage you to give this particular aspect of hashtags a test drive.
At the point where someone discovers them and wants to use them, I think they would be more useful than threads by subject line ¡ª which can be helpful too. And certainly useful for the things you mention.
Can the moderator edit hashtags to consolidate them? If I change #minutes2000¡± to #minutes will the #minutes2000 be changed to #minutes on the messages where it was used. I do think hashtags are only helpful in broad subject areas ¡ª not things like #dogwalkerneededSunday
Sharon
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