Here is the definition given by the folks at Hash Tags dot Org.
"Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They're like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag."Now, for these to work effectively and to track the actual use of a tag, one must register that tag over at someplace like the a fore mentioned, http://hashtags.org . Once done, when you look up that tag on their site, you can see how often it is used and to what extent. Got it? Good. If not, catch up, will ya?
So, an knee hoo ... after a fun evening exchanging tweets with a few of my followers, I noticed two in particular that use any hash tag that happens to pop in to their head. Both in complete disregard to their intended purpose because they will never use it again. Ever.
To these two, and others like them, the tags seem to be a sub-micro blog in a micro blog.
Now, twitter gives you 140 characters to post your ... whatever ... but for the hash tag assassins, that is entirely way to much room. The ones they create are usually 2-8 words long and are a short statement or question, done in a 'after the fact' or 'on a side note' style.
Now, after attempting to enlighten one of these fellow tweeters @Tejas74 (yes it's a lame moniker but it is better than twits) on the proper etiquette of hash tag inclusion in their posts, I decided to see just how serious of a hash tag infraction had been committed by this and one other nameless individual ... who shall remain nameless and with out name. @CrixLee
After only 10 minutes, I was able to pull from the bowels of the twitter vault the following 36 never to be used again by man hash tags. They are as follows:
- #whythefuckisithotagain
- #fuckmerunning
- #hashfuckingtag
- #fuckthat
- #dinnerinaboxcausewifedoesntcook
- #poopvaccum
- #areyoufuckingkiddingme
- #whoareyouhowdidigetheregetoffmylawn
- #redneckjackpot
- #mymomisepicwin
- #ballbuster
- #imacheapwhore
- #uselesstweetsarehilarious
- #igotyounowbitch
- #tweetdeckbitch
- #rrraaaiiiidddd
- #drgreenegsandalham
- #beerandmovieftw
- #imdeslexic
- #snuggiefail
- #comeheremousebitch
- #huffin
- #frozenwaltonastick
- #imabadasslikewhiskeywhiskey
- #okyoucaughtme
- #mamasaidshewouldntbefamousuhhh
- #mamasgotthemagicofclorox2
- #marthacomehome
- #waitforitwaitforit
- #undieshereicome
- #tveducationftw
- #fayetweetsjustfine
- #divorcephotographerfo
- #damnyourainyousob
- #igrewupinatrailer
- #idontknowshitaboutcomputers
With that said, I guess that I will let these two slide and not report them to the Misuse of Hash Tag Early Response Squad, MOTHERS for short, for their tweet crimes.
If you want to do your part and stop the hash tag assassins before they can commit another heinous, how be it funny, butchering of a defenseless hash tag, then become a Deputy in Reforming Twitter Yokels.
As a DIRTY agent, it will be your responsibility to help bring these criminals to justice, thus propelling you on your way to becoming a full-fledged DIRTY MOTHER in no time at all. Sign up. Do your part. Stop the insanity before another guffaw is produced by the death of an innocent hash tag.
Thank you and God bless.
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ReplyDeleteYes folks, that comment above is from the one and only Dave, of "Dave's Killer Breads" fame.
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