#hashtagd

#Mubarak > #icantdateyou

vikashshah — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 20:00:07 -0500

A few highlights from the article

Hashtags — the community-driven shorthand used to identify conversation themes — like “icantdateyou” and “worstpickuplines” were vastly more popular a few days ago than ones like “Egyptians” or “jan25,” a reference to Day 1 of the Egyptian protests. In just one hour last Tuesday, “icantdateyou” racked up nearly 274,000 mentions on Twitter, with posts like “icantdateyou if all you wanna do is fuss” and “icantdateyou if you look like your brother.”

Alas, poor “Mubarak” rated fewer than 11,000 during the same hour. (Many Egyptians could not post on Twitter because their government had temporarily cut off most Internet and cellphone service.)

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“Idioms are like a sugar rush,” explains Jon Kleinberg, a professor of computer science at Cornell and a co-author of the study. “You see it once, you either use it or you don’t, but the rush wears off.”

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“You might say to yourself: ‘I am in a group where I am not getting any views other than the ones I agree with. I’m curious to know what else is out there,’” Professor Centola says.

Consider a new hashtag: diversity.

hashtagd redesign p.2 1/2

vikashshah — Sat, 19 Feb 2011 10:00:06 -0500

hashtagd redesign p.2 1/2

hashtagd redesign - part. 2

vikashshah — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:00:06 -0500

hashtagd redesign - part. 2

we're back

vikashshah — Sun, 13 Feb 2011 15:02:01 -0500

sorry to our four readers out there.

we have been gone four over four months, but we are finally back.

we will be launching within the next month.

hashtagd redesign - part. 1

vikashshah — Tue, 16 Nov 2010 05:17:17 -0500

hashtagd redesign - part. 1:

The first part of our redesign is live. Part. 2 coming soon.

Twitter Co-Founders To Appear On ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’

vikashshah — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 08:12:04 -0500

Twitter Co-Founders To Appear On ‘Late Night With Jimmy Fallon’:

I wonder what “Late Night Hashtag” they are going to come up with.

Watch 'Detroit 1-8-7' with us tonight

vikashshah — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 12:14:34 -0400

Watch 'Detroit 1-8-7' with us tonight:

Join us by using the hashtag #detroit187 in your tweet. We’ll retweet some of your reaction and insight. Let us know when you spot a Detroit landmark, a discrepancy in the script or even someone you know.

We want to personally thank Horrible Logos for creating a logo...

vikashshah — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 13:18:42 -0400

We want to personally thank Horrible Logos for creating a logo for us that we hate.

Apparently users of ESPN.com are not fans of Twitter.

vikashshah — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 21:37:00 -0400

Apparently users of ESPN.com are not fans of Twitter.

Five ugly ducklings of a #hashtag

vikashshah — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 14:08:15 -0400

The following is a list of annoying uses of hashtags.

#haha - is this really necessary?
#the #entire #tweet #is #a #hashtag
#IHATEPLAYINGSEPARATETHEWORDSGAME
#sometrendingtopic then a link to some “BUY ME” website
the tweet is only one hashtag - #working

If you think of any others, send them to vikash at hashtagd dot com.

I wonder if this experiment changed users interaction with twitter

vikashshah — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:30:00 -0400

I wonder if this experiment changed users interaction with twitter

the screenshot above is from an Ingenex Digital Marketing...

vikashshah — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 23:29:34 -0400

the screenshot above is from an Ingenex Digital Marketing email. it’s interesting to see how they are using hashtags in a humorous way to connect with their audience.

hashtag art

vikashshah — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 18:00:00 -0400

hashtag art:

“turning streams into art”

don’t forget to click on an example and hover over the art.

how to get suspended by twitter p.2

vikashshah — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 13:10:16 -0400

why?

simply put, we were aggressively following/unfollowing members.

but why would you do that?

at first it was to experiment to see what would happen. we received numerous @ reply mentions, clicks on links and additional followers. once we looked at our feedback we thought, “why don’t we just keep going?”

websites we used that led to our demise*

amateurs (websites or strategies we used in the beginning)

friend or follow

follow users on a list - our method was simple. 1. follow users on the list, NOT the list 2. change the view from expanded to list. zoom out on the browser so you can view the entire list on one page without scrolling down. go clicker happy, i could follow a 20 users within 10 seconds.

professionals (these websites automate the process, which allowed us to scale our “spamming”)

manage twitter

blastfollow

justunfollow

tweepml

*please keep in mind, these websites will not exclusively get you suspended from twitter. it is the combination and repetition of using these services.

don’t do this

aside from growing our follower base, the karma of spam came back to haunt us. the bulk of our followers became irrelevant companies, “internet marketers” and bots.

how to solve the problem

twitter will contact you regarding the suspension
state your case by replying to the email or ticket number; falsely accused, recognize your fault or just plain mistake (our email below)
check the status of your “ticket”
further contact may be needed to resolve the issues
twitter will contact you regarding their decision regarding the suspension

Hello, My name is Vikash Shah and the account for @hashtagd has recently been suspended. After going over the “Following Best Practices help page” I can see how we may have been guilty of a few practices. We here at @hashtagd are truly sorry and appreciate the last sentence on the help page, “Aggressively following and un-following accounts is frustrating to other Twitter users, and degrades the Twitter experience for everyone.” The last thing we want to do is frustrate the users of Twitter. We are aware of our current suspension and are grateful that our account has not been deleted. We appreciate if a second chance would be awarded. Thank you for taking the time to look over our request and await your reply. Vikash Shah

what are we going to do now?

complete hashtagd.com version 2
build our brand and community
the rest will follow

How Black People Use Twitter.

vikashshah — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 23:58:35 -0400

How Black People Use Twitter.:

The latest research on race and microblogging.

suspended from twitter - part 1

vikashshah — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:21:36 -0400

what @hashtagd on twitter looked like a few days ago.

part 2
why were we suspended?
how do you remedy the problem?

The Story Behind Wookieeleaks, a Hash Tag With Legs

vikashshah — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 13:55:42 -0400

The Story Behind Wookieeleaks, a Hash Tag With Legs:

this past week we saw the re-emergence of wikileaks as a powerful force in journalism. wikileaks gives opportunity to publish unavailable documents with the safety net of anonymity. with its recent antics, it has caught the ear of the White House .

as with any breakthrough story online, copycats/remixes are always next in line. click on the link above to see how wikleaks became a mashup of Star Wars + Wikileaks.

"Twitter is one big, fat inside joke between 100 million people"

vikashshah — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:50:00 -0400

“Twitter is one big, fat inside joke between 100 million people”

- source

140confdetroit: “Here in Detroit … I’ve never felt a connection...

vikashshah — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:17:08 -0400

140confdetroit:

“Here in Detroit … I’ve never felt a connection like I have right now.” Click on the photo to check out Dave Murray’s video of Jeff Pulver talking about what brought him to our city.

a big day for us here at hashtagd, our blog which mashes tweets...

vikashshah — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 14:02:00 -0400

a big day for us here at hashtagd, our blog which mashes tweets with pics is being promoted on the tumblr humor directory!

the original purpose of the blog was to take the humorous bread crumbs (tweets) and mash them up with a side dish (random pictures) to create a full meal.