📑 Twitter and the way of the hashtag
The hashtag remains most comfortable in Twitter, and it was Twitter that turned it into a highly significant, multi-functional feature. The hashtag has made its way off the internet, appearing regularly on television, in advertising, on products and on protest signs around the world.
In is an edited extract from Twitter: A Biography, Jean Burgess and Nancy K. Baym discuss the hashtag from Chris Messina’s initial idea to the seed of many movements. Along with Ian Guest’s history of the hashtag, Clive Thompson’s exploration and Kevin Hodgson’s reflections, this piece helps provide an appreciation for the humble # and the way in which it connects so much together.