How hashtags and @ symbols affect language on Twitter !science https://2mb.social/url/153
And the 'bang' symbol, used on # and # indicates membership in geographically scattered interest groups, each with their linguistic conventions. I wonder how many linguistic modes I have for my audiences? For one thing, we're free to babble, here, as nowhere else; LOL. Maybe tweets are forced to be more concise, like old-fashion telegrams.