#davissq hashtag

[cos]

If you don't use twitter, feel free to ignore this :)

If you do use twitter, how about we start using #davissq as a hashtag for things in/about Davis Square?

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[lizzielizzie.livejournal.com]

http://twitter.pbworks.com/Hashtags

Hashtags are a community-driven convention for adding additional context and metadata to your tweets. They're like tags on Flickr, only added inline to your post. You create a hashtag simply by prefixing a word with a hash symbol: #hashtag.

Hashtags were developed as a means to create "groupings" on Twitter, without having to change the basic service.

[ron_newman]

How does it differ from the twitter group that someone else created?

[cos]

tags aren't groups. I don't think that was the best comparison to make. However, people do track tags, and since there's no actual structure on twitter, when you get lots of people using and tracking a particular tag, that has grouplike qualities to it (though with no concept of "membership").

[perich.livejournal.com]

You don't have to be a member of a particular Twitter group to post something with a hash tag, is the difference.

A hashtag (#) is just a flag that makes posts on a given subject easier to find in a search. It's not a hierarchical channel.

[lizzielizzie.livejournal.com]

It means you don't have to be a member of the Tiwtter group (or have a Twitter account, actually) to see the listings. You can go to search.twitter.com and search for #davissq and see what folks are saying.

The Twitter group is for folks who have Twitter accounts and want to communicate with one another regarding certain topics or areas of interest. They are called "twibes".