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Retweet was original using the text "RT". Hashtags were also invented by Twitter users.
by frabcus 2y ago
Retweet was original using the text "RT". Hashtags were also invented by Twitter users.
- FranklinMaillot 2y agoWasn't the @ also invented by users? I remember it was fascinating to watch this network self organize and create conventions of its own, that are now used everywhere.
- rsynnott 2y agoAlso hashtags. Though I think some of this stuff came from other social networks.
- singleshot_ 2y agoSeems to me like Jarkko Oikarinen or one of his crew invented hashtags, no? Denoting the context of your communication with something like #warez or #hack significantly predates web2.0.
- chefandy 2y agoThat use— to define IRC channels— seems distinctly different than Twitter hashtags to tag individual posts. I wouldn’t be surprised if hash tags started as a nod to that, perhaps even jokingly, but I don’t think you could consider them a descendent.
- sph 2y agoRather I think Twitter-style hashtags take inspiration from IRC channels in the format of #topic Because channel names are not hashtags. The syntax is purely because IRC is a text-based protocol, so you need a special way to distinguish channel names from regular text.
- extraduder_ire 2y ago# also has the advantage of being on a key on a T9 keypad while using twitter over SMS was in style.
- soco 2y agoI think reblogs as a technical feature were added first in 2009 by Tumblr and slightly later adopted by Twitter - not that it matters in this context.