Rather than ~, you should use some other symbol which is more common on social networking platforms like ^. Just a suggestion though :)
Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol?
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Re: Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol?
#12I don't understand what problem this would solve. Couldn't they just click #ragysh to be directed to your post?
It actually create a link to a specific object, using #ragysh would show all the release that have this tag, not the specific one I want to show.
Ok, but how is that different than a link? Are you saying that inserting a tilda will tell the mobile app to link to something? Sorry, I don't see this solving any problem. I see it just adding another layer of complication to a system.
Re: Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol?
#13Rather than ~, you should use some other symbol which is more common on social networking platforms like ^. Just a suggestion though :)
thanks for the suggestion! =)
Re: Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol?
#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
It actually create a link to a specific object, using #ragysh would show all the release that have this tag, not the specific one I want to show.
Ok, but how is that different than a link? Are you saying that inserting a tilda will tell the mobile app to link to something? Sorry, I don't see this solving any problem. I see it just adding another layer of complication to a system.
it is different than a link in the same way that @ will link to a user. The ~ will trigger the list of my object to share. You know when in Instagram you start typing @ it return the list of user you want to mention? Same goes with the ~ but it return the list of the object I've posted
Re: Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol?
#15& looks like a G clef, sort of.
Re: Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol?
#16& looks like a G clef, sort of.
yea, true!
Re: Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol?
#17Maybe try +
Like: hey, listen to +ragysh
Re: Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol?
#18Maybe try + Like: hey, listen to +ragysh
Yes that would be nice, but I was thinking of a character that is not "commonly" used while chatting, to avoid boring pop up while writing normal things
Re: Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol?
#19Why couldn't you just use @ in this case. The app could parse it later into whatever symbol you wanted
Re: Ask HN: After "@" and "#" it's time to add a new symbol?
#20Why couldn't you just use @ in this case. The app could parse it later into whatever symbol you wanted
@ is used to mention users, so if we start typing @ it would return the users list and also the vinyl records list, too much data to filter