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I don't want my group's message subjects cluttered with these bandwidth wasting pieces of nonsense - they may have a place on Twitter, but not here IMHO

How do I totally disable the use of hashtags?

PS Don't try to persaude me they're wonderful - you won't

Thanks
David

On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 04:41 AM, David C. Partridge wrote:

How do I totally disable the use of hashtags?

You can't totally disable them.? There are some used by the system for the Calendar (and other things).? To prevent other hashtags from being created, go to your Settings page and scroll down to Message Policies.? In the box labeled Hashtag Permissions, choose the second or third option in the drop down list.? Be sure to save your changes at the bottom of the page.? As long as you don't create any hashtags, none can be used.? One item that may cause problems for people is if they happen to use the octothorpe in a subject line, such as "Test #23".? You can get around that by leaving a space "Test # 23".

As another option, you could create all the system tags and set their properties to Moderated.? That way they should end up in the pending queue and you could remove the hashtag before it's posted.? There's some discussion about this in /g/GroupManagersForum/topic/33101928

Duane
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On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 10:41 AM, David C. Partridge wrote:

Don't try to persuade me they're wonderful - you won't

OK; I won't, not least because in general terms I wholeheartedly agree.

However, I would ask you consider that a small number of hashtags for use by moderators only can be useful. One obvious possibility is #Group_Management that can be used to advise members about "management matters"; others are (for example) #Photos & #Files for use when it is desirable to advise members about (say) a reorganisation of those sections. #Group_Management has the advantage that it can be used for a range of individual details rather than having a list of hashtags for each individual detail.

Use by Mods Only is a setting "within" the hashtag that can be checked when the hashtag is created.

As Duane said their use makes finding them at a later date much easier; without them it might be nearly impossible, or at least very time consuming.?

Another downside is that hashtags in email subject lines don't actually stand out all that well in comparison to their appearance on the web UI.

I would definitely agree that allowing members free rein to create hashtags can create a situation that is #Ridiculous.

Chris