Re: USF4 changes!
- From: sameegh jardine <sameegh@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: "cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <cpt-fgc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:53:39 +0200
Twitter is where it was popularised.
Many social web sites have since adopted the idea though.
On Wed, Aug 27, 2014 at 8:42 PM, Nicholas Robertson-Muir <nicmuir@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
> Thanks.
> That about clears it up.
> So if I understand correctly, it basically "tags" a word for instant
> indexing.
>
> The irl versions are then considered as irony.
>
> Where would one f8nd the most "hashtag" use then, Twitter?
> On 27 Aug 2014 19:33, "Ilitirit Sama" <ilitirit@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> 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"
>>
>>
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>> 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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