Curious About Twitter Hashtags?
Twitter is a noisy place. It’s a stream of abbreviated, grammar-stomping, context-free words that, without filtering, can cause frustration to the user and return very little value.
Hashtags trim the data-fat and let publishers and users zero in on specific topics.
- Publishers start discussions by including a hashtag with keyword in their Tweets.
- Users find discussions by entering a hashtag with keyword in the search field.
In the following examples the movie Avatar is the topic, so the hashtag with keyword looks like this: #Avatar
Publisher’s Tweet:
User’s reply Tweet:
In the 1st example, the publisher is encouraging a conversation about the movie Avatar by including #Avatar in their Tweet.
In the 2nd example the user was able to find and join the conversation by searching for the hashtag and keyword #Avatar
A MASSIVE RESOURCE
It’s easy to understand why people are Tweeting about Avatar and other entertaining topics, but there are thousands less glamorous, yet incredibly valuable topics to begin or join on Twitter right now. Here are a few examples:
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HEALTH
#ageing, #inflammation, #smoking, #pregnancy, #vitamins, #omega3, #depression, #obesity, #parkinsons, #alzheimers, #cancer, #stress
SCIENCE
#biology, #tech, #frc, #space, #astronomy, #physics, #robotics, #hubble, #nasa
SPORTS
#thefield, #klimmen, #clemson, #talkin_sport, #uga, #hunting, #ageop, #yankees, #sharks, #nhl, #ducks, #bostonmarathon, #kayak, #f1
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And remember, these discussions do not have to be real-time, since all replies to your Tweets are stored you @reply stream.
Do you use hashtags? If so, how? Let me know in the comments section below ~~ yet another way to have an online discussion ♥
Me on Twitter: MichelleMMM
