Tag Archives: hashtags

Making the most of hashtags

A couple of days ago a new site called Hashtags.org was launched by Cody Marx Bailey and Aaron Farnham, two ambitious college students folks from Bryan & College Station, Texas.
I wanted to take a moment to comment on its arrival and also suggest a slight modification to the purpose and use of hashtags, now that [...]

Twitter hashtags for emergency coordination and disaster relief

I know I’ve been beating the drum about hashtags for a while. People are either lukewarm to them or are annoyed and hate them. I get it. I do. But for some stupid reason I just can’t leave them alone.
Anyway, today I think I saw a glimmer of the promise of the hashtag [...]