I use Twitter all the time, and I use hashtags almost every post. I think they are fun. I have my personal twitter on private so it's really only a handful of close friends who see my tweets anyway. I do have a school twitter account as well and would not use funny witty hashtags just for giggles on that account.
I read the readwriteweb article "What's the Point of: #Hashtags?" and found I agreed with it a lot. It is annoying to have people write stupid hashtags all the time. I hate when people try to get a topic trending by writing some lame hashtag with a bunch of misspelled words and text language. It just makes someone come off as less intelligent. I then think that if someone read my tweets maybe they would think my hashtags were lame too. Regardless, I think it is a really useful idea when it comes to using hashtags as a way to search for ideas or topics. I think twitter is a great place to turn to for information on all kinds of things. I use it all the time for school and it does end up being helpful when people use hashtags correctly. Besides, the young teens using hashtags in a silly way today might be the heads of companies coming up with new innovaive technology tomorrow!
I really need to probably start using Twitter. I haven't so far...I don't even text much!...but I guess if I can find good stuff for my profession and amusing comments in my personal life, it's worth a try :) I know a few years ago, our principal tried to set up a Twitter thing for the staff...we found texting to be easier; it was only used to announce snow days, lol! Perhaps I'll go start Tweeting later this afternoon!
ReplyDeleteI just started using twitter and have not made a tweet yet, however I do find some of the people I subscribe to, to be hilarious. I enjoy using it and should have joined a long time ago!
ReplyDeleteAs someone who doesn't use Twitter, I find the hashtags to be somewhat annoying too. It seems as though they are becoming more and more popular, and maybe if I did use Twitter I would understand more. Saying this, though, makes me feel like my grandma (lol). I know that she feels like "dot com" is everywhere and is probably annoyed by it since she does not use the internet. Maybe I am getting old... :)
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