The History of the Hashtag: A #Timeline
- December 12th, 2018
- Author: cassandra
- Posted in: Social Media Marketing
It was August 2007, a little over 11 years ago, when the idea of the ‘hashtag’ was introduced on the popular social media website, Twitter. Chris Messina, an American tech evangelist, asked his followers how they’d feel about using the pound sign as a way of group messaging. His example? #barcamp. Just short of two […]
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