Steemit Does Not Accept Tags for Posts That Start with a Number, Why? by cryptos

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steemit · @cryptos · Aug 1 '16

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Steemit Does Not Accept Tags for Posts That Start with a Number, Why?

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My previous post was about [**3D Printing a Steemit Token**](https://steemit.com/steemit/@cryptos/3d-printable-steemit-logo-token-stl-file-included-for-download) and the most obvious tag that I wanted to include in that post was **#3d-printing** or **#3d-printer** as I have provided a 3D STL model I made for other members that might have a 3D printer to print if they like it...


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I have discovered however that steemit does not accept tags for posts that do not start with a letter, but a number instead. This has probably been done as some sort of precaution, however it is also creating a problem for anyone that wants to accurately describe any post that includes **#2D-something** or **#3D-something** and so on. So I believe that tags starting with numbers should be allowed on steemit, what do you think?

I can apparently use tags in revers such as **#printing-3d** or **#printer-3d**, but that is not correctly describing describing the post as people will obviously search for the tags **#3d-printing** or **#3d-printer** when they are interested in the topic.

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@greenggc · Aug 1 '16

<h1>Hi steemers! i ask you to pay attention to this article. After an hour we run this article, what is a Steemit and Steem???</h1> -http://steemit.com/steemit/@rggreen/steemit-a-brilliant-idea-or-a-bubble

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@isaac.asimov · Aug 1 '16

Flesch Kincaid Grade Level

Hi! This post has a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flesch%E2%80%93Kincaid_readability_tests">Flesch-Kincaid</a> grade level of 12.2 and reading ease of 54%. This puts the writing level on par with academic journals.

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@msjennifer · Aug 1 '16

Thanks for the post!!

👍 steemo, steema
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@virtualgrowth · Aug 1 '16

maybe the-3D-Printer, the-3D-Printing

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@cryptos · Aug 1 '16

How many people will be looking for the-3d-printing instead of 3d-printing, why would somebody add **the** in front of a tag? It is the same as with moving the **3d** part at the back instead of being at the front of the tag.

With tags the more on the spot and the closer to what the reader might think of first is usually the best.

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@williambanks · Aug 1 '16

@cryptos It has to do with the way tags are parsed.  It's a source code thing.  You can't start tags with anything OTHER than letters.  PRINT3D would be my choice because it also looks a lot like printed.

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@cryptos · Aug 1 '16

That makes sense, thanks.

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@williambanks · Aug 1 '16

You're welcome, hey since you're interested in hashtags I am talking about them in my latest blog post, I hope you'll stop by and check it out.

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@pixellated · Aug 1 '16

They could fix it if they want to. 
Variable types can be changed, it's just like switching it from a string to an integer...

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