Hashtags: Stories with minimal words
“Please enter your six lettered story… followed by the hash key”
Any new trend that springs up online, generates hoards of new fans…or repels many others! I was in the latter half with the rise of the pound key on social stories. Better known as “Hashtags”.
So why all this jazz with the #?
Turns out Chris Messina first proposed that Twitter users use a hashtag to create “groups” back in 2007. Here is his famous, first-ever tweet using a hashtag:
To read the full post go to –> https://bit.ly/2GVsHLT
Rashmi Praveen
Asst Professor
School of Media and Communication
MAHE Dubai
