Our influencers weighed in on a few of the past year’s most important hashtags. Their tags ranged from industry trends to the social good movement. We pulled the history on 6 recommendations and looked at the type of content shared for each tag. How much chatter was there in social last year and what can we […]
What words would you ban from use if you could? While I generally don’t approve of bans on free speech, I will admit there are a few words that get on my nerves a bit and I wouldn’t mind hearing less of… “Volumizing,” comes to mind, for example… Well, it turns out the people at […]
2014 has been a great year at Hashtracking . We’ve worked with some of the socials biggest and best, tracking and analyzing over 18,000 hashtags in 206 countries. That’s over 1 billion tweets! We’re excited to introduce new features that will make 2015 an even sweeter year for our Hashtracking friends. Hashtag History! Whether you’re […]
It’s that time of the year when we look back on the past year’s events and theorize about what’s to come in the future. We experienced a year of both the expected and unexpected as social media became an even more integral part of mass culture and lifestyle. Hashtags have been adopted across platforms, as an everyday tool […]
There are times when Hashtags are hijacked, like by spammers and those who wish to annoy or disrupt the story. But this Summer we’ve seen examples of turning a Hashtag into an altogether new narrative: your own. #IamJada and #IfTheyGunnedMeDown are two examples. Jada’s story was one of humiliation and abuse via social media, but […]
Join the Hashtracking team tomorrow night from 7:00-8:00 PM PT/ 10:00-11:00 PM ET for our (mostly) weekly hashtag chat. This week’s topic is crowdsourcing. Crowdsourcing is used often in social media for both sourcing labor, finding answers or solutions, and even funding (also known as crowdfunding). While we often turn to Google for answers to questions […]
Join the Hashtracking team tonight from 7:00-8:00 PM PT/ 10:00-11:00 PM ET for our (mostly) weekly hashtag chat. This week’s topic is hashtag dos and don’ts. Hashtags are a staple on all social media platforms now. We see them in ads and on our TV screens. They are being used in smart and funny ways for […]
Join the Hashtracking team tonight from 7:00-8:00 PM PT/ 10:00-11:00 PM ET for our (mostly) weekly hashtag chat. This week’s topic is fitness hashtags. How has Twitter allowed users to connect about fitness topics? Have you joined into an exercise based hashtag community or one that promotes a healthy lifestyle? We’ll be talking about how […]
Join the Hashtracking team tonight from 7:00-8:00 PM PT/ 10:00-11:00 PM ET for our (mostly) weekly hashtag chat. This week’s topic is political hashtags. How has Twitter and the use of hashtags impacted politics and public policy, both globally and locally? We’ll be talking about how candidates and activists use hashtags when campaigning, how typical […]
