Jessamyn@waldoj is it possible some of that is being on a large instance? I've definitely had posts that were popular and I have never had anybody tell me to use hashtags and I rarely use them myself. Or maybe it's just that you work for the government and people think your posts are government related as a result? I'd be curious to know more.
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