Screenshot of Friendica post, with several hashtags entered inline in the post, and then some categories which are added separately. The categories appear with a green background, while the hashtags have a lightning bolt. Also, it appears I can remove the categories from there, but not the hastags.

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1. Jeff Sikes (box464@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 10-May-2024 08:18:53 UTC Jeff Sikes

   Hey @helpers or any helpful #Friendica users. I'm trying to understand the difference between Categories and Hashtags.

   From what I'm seeing, categories never leave the server, but hashtags do get federated out. They kind of look the same in the timeline, with hashtags having a lightning bolt, and categories being green with "X's" that allow you to remove them.

   So why choose one over the other? Or why combine them?

   Thanks!