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  2. Tweet (social media) - Wikipedia

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    Tweet (social media) A tweet is a former name for a post on social networking service X (formerly Twitter). It is a short status update which can include images, videos, GIFs, straw polls, hashtags, mentions, and hyperlinks. Around 80% of all posts are made by 10% of users, averaging 138 posts per month, with the median user making only two ...

  3. Twitter - Wikipedia

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    Twitter grew quickly; by 2012 more than 100 million users produced 340 million tweets per day. Twitter, Inc., was based in San Francisco, California, and had more than 25 offices around the world. A signature characteristic of the service is that posts are required to be brief (originally 140 characters, later expanded to 280 in 2017).

  4. 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 ...

  5. WhyIStayed/WhyILeft - Wikipedia

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    The hashtag was utilized more than 100,000 times in less than two days following Gooden’s original tweets. The hashtag #WhyILeft was also created, with women tweeting about what enabled survivors to escape from domestic violence, and was trending on Twitter that same night. Beverly Gooden is the founder of the #WhyIStayed movement.

  6. OK, Here's What 'OOMF' Actually Means on Social Media - AOL

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    Well, it has a couple of different meanings. One definition is the same as "OOMF," referring to a follower or a friend. It's a "cutesy" spin on the acronym, similar to "bestie." It can also ...

  7. 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]

  8. Tag (metadata) - Wikipedia

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    A hashtag is a kind of metadata tag marked by the prefix #, sometimes known as a "hash" symbol. This form of tagging is used on microblogging and social networking services such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+, VK and Instagram. The hash is used to distinguish tag text, as distinct, from other text in the post.

  9. Social media - Wikipedia

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    Hashtags can also be used in tweets to take count of how many people have used that hashtag. However, not all content has the potential to go viral, and it is difficult to predict what content will take off. Despite this, viral marketing campaigns can still be a cost-effective and powerful tool for promoting a message or product. Bots