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

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    Christopher Reaves Messina (born January 7, 1981) is an American blogger, product consultant and speaker who is the inventor of the hashtag as it is currently used on social media platforms. [1] [2] [3] In a 2007 tweet, Messina proposed vertical/associational grouping of messages, trends, and events on Twitter by the means of hashtags. [4]

  3. Hashtag - Wikipedia

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    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-generated tagging that enables cross-referencing of content by topic or theme. [1] For example, a search within Instagram for the hashtag #bluesky returns ...

  4. 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 ...

  5. Twitter trends - Wikipedia

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    Twitter trends. On X, commonly referred to by its former name Twitter, a word, phrase, or topic that is mentioned at a greater rate than others is said to be a "trending topic" or simply a "trend". Trending topics become popular either through a concerted effort by users or because of an event that prompts people to talk about a specific topic.

  6. Self-harm hashtags up 500 percent on Twitter: research - AOL

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    The prevalence of Twitter hashtags related to self-harm has increased about 500 percent in the past year, despite many of those posts violating the platform’s policy on the subject, according to ...

  7. Twitter - Wikipedia

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    In June 2011, Twitter announced its own integrated photo-sharing service that enables users to upload a photo and attach it to a Tweet right from Twitter.com. Users now also have the ability to add pictures to Twitter's search by adding hashtags to the tweet.

  8. Throwback Thursday - Wikipedia

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    Throwback Thursday or #TBT is an internet trend used among social media platforms such as Instagram, Twitter and Facebook. On a Thursday, users will post nostalgia-inducing pictures – from a different era of their life, accompanied by the hashtag #TBT or #ThrowbackThursday. Many posts reflect positive moments, or funny, old clothes, hair and ...

  9. List of most-retweeted tweets - Wikipedia

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    South Korean band BTS has posted 18 of the 30 most retweeted tweets on X (Twitter). This list contains the top 30 posts with the most reposts/retweets (an account's post that is sent again by additional accounts without any change) on the social networking platform X, formerly known as Twitter. X does not provide an official list but news and ...