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davidmurphy on Oct 17, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: What's the shebang (#!) in Facebook and new Twitte...

I understand that it helps Google crawl, but this sure is an in-elegant solution from the perspective of end-users & URLs. Not cool.

gallerytungsten on Oct 17, 2010 | [–]

What's old is new again. Some may recall the days of "bang addressing" to send email beyond a local site.

joelgwebber on Oct 18, 2010 | [–]

I'd say it's a lot cooler than having to change the HTTP protocol and push new web browsers to everyone.

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