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Octothorpes Protocol Launches Public Beta: Project Ratbike

November 1 2024

Hi! We would like to finally announce the public beta of the Octothorpes protocol.

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We Love Weird Web October

October 31 2024

So, we will offically launch the public trial of Octothorpes tomorrow, but now I can tell you that it’s been public and actively used for the last month. In a way, it was more public in October than it is now, but we’ll get to that.

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We Haven't Launched But We're Not A Secret Anymore

October 7 2024

Octothorpes is currently in a sort of liminal stage between launched and not launched, but it got posted to Lobsters and Hackernews today! Which was quite a surprise to both of us. So, if you’re reading this because you found out about us on one of those sites, here’s a little context for the project.

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Why We Made Octothorpes

July 15 2024

So my friend Nik and I made a way to use hashtags on any website. You set up little networks, like webrings, so that all the sites on the network can see the hashtags just like they were part of the same platform. We’re calling it Octothorpes and if you just want to get started using them, go here.

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