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  2. Hashtag - Wikipedia

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    Hashtag. A post on the social media platform Twitter. Several hashtags are used in this post, including "CCCCWI", "TeamRhetoric" and "AcademicTwitter". A hashtag is a metadata tag that is prefaced by the hash symbol, #. On social media, hashtags are used on microblogging and photo-sharing services such as Twitter or Tumblr as a form of user ...

  3. Chris Messina (open-source advocate) - Wikipedia

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    The use of hashtags itself then eventually spread on Twitter, and by the end of the decade could be seen in most social media platforms including Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and YouTube, so much so that Instagram had to officially place a "30 hashtags" limit on its posts to prevent people from abusing the use of hashtags.

  4. Elon Musk’s X ran ads on #whitepower and other hateful hashtags

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    Of the 50 reviewed hashtags, searches on X for 45 of them returned recent racist or antisemitic posts. On Instagram, 15 of the 50 hashtags returned racist or antisemitic posts, with the other 35 ...

  5. Hashtag activism - Wikipedia

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    Hashtag activism refers to the use of Twitter 's hashtags for Internet activism. [1] The hashtag has become one of the many ways that social media contributes to civic engagement and social movements. [2] The use of the hashtag on social media provides users with an opportunity to share information and opinions about social issues in a way that ...

  6. 'Black Twitter: A People's History' tells how humor and ... - AOL

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    It’s the land of a thousand hashtags, from #OscarsSoWhite to #Thanksgivingclapback to #BlackGirlsAreMagic. It helped focus attention on the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., and the ...

  7. Tweet (social media) - Wikipedia

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    Tweet (social media) A user tweeting about bugs. A tweet is a short status update on the social networking site Twitter (and it's successor, X, under post ), which can include images, videos, GIFs, straw polls, hashtags, mentions, and hyperlinks. Around 80% of all tweets are made by 10% of users, averaging 138 tweets per month, with the median ...

  8. Twitter usage - Wikipedia

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    Twitter was viewed as a supplement to practice different aspects of the target language in authentic environment. [17] Mia Moody states that Twitter can be used to teach students. [citation needed] They will be more involved in lectures and lessons if they have a chance to use social media throughout the course.

  9. List of Twitter features - Wikipedia

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    List of Twitter features. Twitter, officially known as X since July 2023, is an American microblogging and social networking service on which users post and interact with messages known historically and commonly as "tweets". Registered users can post, like and retweet tweets, and read those that are publicly available.