Randahl FinkCommunication designer Chris Messina, who in 2007 came up with the idea of using hashtags on Twitter, has now left Twitter because of Elon Musk.
The good news: He is now on #mastodon: @chrismessina.
Ice NineI'm just now imagining what the world would be if "octothorpe" had been chosen instead, and it would devolve into hashtag wars.
Chris Messina@IceNine @randahl indeed! BTW, you might enjoy: https://open.spotify.com/episode/7oTrgVaUgzIDhjCoizanHz?si=8952f86a797c4fe7
145- Octothorpe
Listen to this episode from 99% Invisible on Spotify. If you want to follow conversation threads relating to this show on social media—whether Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram, Tumblr—you know to look for the hashtag: #99pi. In our current digital age, the hashtag identifies movements, events, happenings, brands—topics of all … Continue reading →
Interesting wee episode there - and damn I'm trying to remember the IRC use of hashtags - so long since I used that. I think because the regular group I went on had a meltdown and disbanded.
Anyway something you might enjoy, from a prolific recipe poster primarily in Twitter, but also is here as @[email protected] on occasions. It gives an understanding of Dan's antipathy toward llama. And alpaca too I believe. https://historyhack.podbean.com/e/249-history-hack-life-in-the-secret-service/
#250 History Hack: Life in the Secret Service | History Hack
Dan Kaszeta joins us to talk all about his time in the Secret Service and life at the White House. And we get into how he lost a fight with a llama...