How does hashtag removal work? #hashtags
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Hello everyone
1. In my test group, I changed the hashtag setting so that non-existing hashtags are removed.? I clicked the "Update group" button at the bottom.? Then I sent a couple of messages with non-existing hashtags, but they don't get removed and the messages appear with clickable hashtags in the web view.? How is this feature supposed to work? 2. What I was originally trying to find out was what would happen to hashtagged words with this setting.? Will it change "help me with #ms word" to "help me with ms word" or "help me with word"?? My new group's users don't understand how hashtags work, but I really really want to use hashtags in the group, so I'm looking for strategies. Thanks Samuel |
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On Mon, Dec 21, 2020 at 05:29 AM, Samuel Murray wrote:
Then I sent a couple of messages with non-existing hashtags, but they don't get removed and the messages appear with clickable hashtags in the web view.? How is this feature supposed to work?If you're the group owner/mod, the hashtags will be created when you send a message.? If a member account tries, they'll be removed. The subject "help me with #ms word" would become "help me with word". Duane -- The official Groups.io user documentation is in the Groups.io Help Center. GMF's Unofficial Help Wiki: /g/GroupManagersForum/wiki |
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On 21/12/2020 12:36, Duane wrote:
If a member account tries, they'll be removed. The subject "help me with #ms word" would become "help me with word".It's a pity there isn't an option "moderate message if non-existing hashtag is used" or "moderate message if no hashtag is found". Bouncing seems to rude, and removal causes subject lines to lose meaning, as some users who come from a social media background are used to using hashtags in the #middle of a #sentence (in the of a). (I'm also [re-]learning that adding hashtags via the web to existing messages can backfire terribly, splitting up topics into two.) Samuel |
Samuel Murray
Duane