Re: USF4 changes!
- From: Ilitirit Sama <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 19:32:42 +0200
It's a method of annotating messages on some social media sites with
metadata. For example, I can post the message
"Mishimas = WIN #tekken #imba"
Then when anyone searches for the hashtags #tekken or #imba, my message
will appear in the search results. It's also used to monitor trends, or
the zeitgeist of the internet. As more people use a particular hashtag
("Gonna vote for #Juju!"), they will appear higher in trend lists.
(twitter trends for Cape Town: http://trendsmap.com/local/za/cape+town)
Elsewhere they are mostly a crutch for the inarticulate. Poor man's vocab,
if you will. Can also be used to look deceptively hip (read: trite).
"Hmm... morning coffee at Origin #bliss"
They can however in other contexts be used reasonably sensibly to convey
humour or emotion.
eg. Labelling a photo of yourself from the Twilight Run next to a guy
dressed like a pair of scissors "#YOLO"
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 4:49 PM, Nicholas Robertson-Muir <nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> You could get Paas to weaponise this flu of mine instead.
> I've been in bed for 4 days now.
>
> On the upside... now at One Piece episode 594.
>
> What is the whole # thing about anyway?
> Pardon my dis-interest.
>
> ...and Chopper is awesome.
> ...just saying.
>
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