by Do-It-Yourself
10. June 2009 18:57
An Introduction to Twitter Hashtags
by Rebecca at wild Apricot.
Tagging helps to organize and share our online information with others. By attaching one or more keywords to a Flickr photograph, for example, we group it together with others that have the same tag. Hashtags serve a similar purpose on
Twitter, the social micro-blogging service. The aim is to bring some order to Twitter users' published updates ("tweets") and make it easier to follow a topic of interest. And you don't necessarily have to be a Twitter user to get a benefit from hashtags.
Hash Tag etiquette Less is More:
Hashtags are community-driven, so their ability to deliver what you're seeking will be determined by how effectively the community chooses to use a tag.
Hashtag etiquette is still evolving, so let good social manners be your guide. It is a rare "tweet" that deserves a hashtag, so tag only those updates that you feel will add significant value to the conversation. One hashtag is best — two are permissable — but three hashtags seem to be the absolute maximum, and risk raising the ire of the community. Tag sparingly, and with careful discretion.
Here is what Wikipedia says about hashtags http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hashtags
Leave a comment here if youd like to spotlight a hashtag you think others should see:
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