Comments on: Who owns a Twitter hashtag? http://www.mediamum.net/2010/03/01/who-owns-a-twitter-hashtag/ It's Aussie for Mom Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:39:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: mediamum http://www.mediamum.net/2010/03/01/who-owns-a-twitter-hashtag/comment-page-1/#comment-1203 mediamum Sun, 28 Aug 2011 18:35:32 +0000 http://www.mediamum.net/?p=675#comment-1203 Hi Michele, thanks for visiting. Yes, absolutely there are regular chat sessions that are identifiable using a hashtag - and as you say, the community support is what makes it stick to the topic. The point of this post (written over a year ago, but still relevant) is that while some brands might want to come into twitter and 'buy' a hashtag (you'd be shocked how often this comes to me as a question), that's not how it works. As you recognise, the community needs to support the tag and its use for it to remain, and while that community would self-manage the tag if they were in favour of it, they would also ignore it or even purposely mis-use it if they disagreed with the content. Hi Michele, thanks for visiting. Yes, absolutely there are regular chat sessions that are identifiable using a hashtag – and as you say, the community support is what makes it stick to the topic. The point of this post (written over a year ago, but still relevant) is that while some brands might want to come into twitter and ‘buy’ a hashtag (you’d be shocked how often this comes to me as a question), that’s not how it works. As you recognise, the community needs to support the tag and its use for it to remain, and while that community would self-manage the tag if they were in favour of it, they would also ignore it or even purposely mis-use it if they disagreed with the content.

]]> By: Michele Price http://www.mediamum.net/2010/03/01/who-owns-a-twitter-hashtag/comment-page-1/#comment-1202 Michele Price Sun, 28 Aug 2011 17:55:04 +0000 http://www.mediamum.net/?p=675#comment-1202 While you are correct on one owns a hashtag, you will find the community that has a conversation around a specific hashtag will bring you back into line. For example many hashtags are for weekly chats/conversations around specific topics like #blogchat #Speakchat and #HFChat. If someone tried to misuse this hashtag the community would be really quick to point out it is not how they talk there. So it is not a controlled message in the typical sense, yet the folks who participate will self correct folks who misuse the goodwill there. While you are correct on one owns a hashtag, you will find the community that has a conversation around a specific hashtag will bring you back into line.

For example many hashtags are for weekly chats/conversations around specific topics like #blogchat #Speakchat and #HFChat. If someone tried to misuse this hashtag the community would be really quick to point out it is not how they talk there.

So it is not a controlled message in the typical sense, yet the folks who participate will self correct folks who misuse the goodwill there.

]]> By: Arthur Herbert Pruett http://www.mediamum.net/2010/03/01/who-owns-a-twitter-hashtag/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Arthur Herbert Pruett Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:45:00 +0000 http://www.mediamum.net/?p=675#comment-296 Twitter is a telephone, Twitter is a tweet, Keep on usin' Twitter And you will get a treet. Twitter is a telephone,
Twitter is a tweet,
Keep on usin’ Twitter
And you will get a treet.

]]> By: kim/hormone-colored days http://www.mediamum.net/2010/03/01/who-owns-a-twitter-hashtag/comment-page-1/#comment-288 kim/hormone-colored days Sat, 06 Mar 2010 05:06:13 +0000 http://www.mediamum.net/?p=675#comment-288 Well put! Well put!

]]> By: mediamum http://www.mediamum.net/2010/03/01/who-owns-a-twitter-hashtag/comment-page-1/#comment-283 mediamum Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:22:21 +0000 http://www.mediamum.net/?p=675#comment-283 Yep - there's no coincidence this post came directly from some work I was doing today on exactly that. :) Funny how you made the direct connection (or is it?)! Yep – there’s no coincidence this post came directly from some work I was doing today on exactly that. :) Funny how you made the direct connection (or is it?)!

]]> By: Boston Mamas http://www.mediamum.net/2010/03/01/who-owns-a-twitter-hashtag/comment-page-1/#comment-282 Boston Mamas Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:14:00 +0000 http://www.mediamum.net/?p=675#comment-282 Indeed. And what happened with the Nestle family hashtag is a dramatic example of how things can escalate in an uncontrolled hurry. -Christine Indeed. And what happened with the Nestle family hashtag is a dramatic example of how things can escalate in an uncontrolled hurry. -Christine

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