If I actually believed in hashtags on social media (which I don't--can't stand them)...

[Tommy_Carcetti]

...there is one I think I would want to start trending on social media.

#HermanCainDidntKillHimself

Just because.

[chia]

1. I like hashtags. In particular: #TraitorTrump #ImpeachedForever #NotMyPresident #NovemberIsComing

They can be overused and misused and but they're definitely useful for breaking events and sharing/passing sometimes very important current information: #GeorgeFloyd #Portland #SayHerName #MeToo #HurricaneMaria and countless others.

[lark]

2. #BLUETSUNAMI is my fave.

[chia]

6. +1000

[Tommy_Carcetti]

3. I find them very distracting and overly simplistic.

They seem to be a poor substitute for actual conversation and ideas.

Actually, everything about Twitter is visually unappealing to me. It's just a terrible format. But I still indulge for various reasons.

But hey, if you like it, I'm not gonna knock you for it.

[Demsrule86]

4. That is how things trend on twitter.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. I know.

Which makes them a necessary evil of sorts.

But I can't bring myself to do it personally.

[chia]

7. They're not meant to be a substitute for conversation or ideas, though

Maybe that's where our thinking diverges. Hashtags are simply road signs, directing people to the information or ideas or conversations they're looking for. Before hashtags on Twitter, there wasn't any easy way for users to find what they were looking for. If you look at the history according to wiki, they came about during events for which people were searching for timely information: the SoCal fires of 2007 and the Iran protests of 2009-2010.

I'm not trying to change your mind at all, just wanted to offer a small defense for the lowly hashtag.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

8. In that regard, I agree they can be helpful.

I just hate seeing a message that has no content, but rather is just a string of various hashstags.

[chia]

9. I can agree with that