#Winterishere.
#LetsguzzlegallonsofBaileysIrishCreambythefire #becauseitasteslikespikedchocolatemilk.
#Wherearewegoingwiththis?#
Our lives have been distilled to one symbol: #. #Yousseethe#hashtageverywhere.
I am all for intense focus and "keeping it simple, stupid," but this # has gone too #far.
#Itusedtobethatthe #symbolmeantsomething. It meant either pound and number depending on the application and context. Long story.
But times have changed. #Nowitshascometopassthatusingahashtagmeansnothing.
#Thinkboutit.
#Ifeverywordandeverysentenceandeveryemailandeverytextand #everyInstagramandeveryfacebookposthave #hashtagsymbolsinthem, #whyuseahashtagatall#?
#Whyisitcalledahashtag?
#Answers #sometwentysomethingSiliconValleyhotshotdude #wholikestosmokepothoughtofitanditcaughton.
#"Heyman," #hesaid. (not Heyman the name, Hey,Man the hippy talk)
"#Weshouldcallthisthingahashtag
#Hashispostandpottislegalineverystateman.
#ThepurposeofahashtagistosendwhatevercontentyouputinaTweet #forexample #toachannelwhereeveryonewhogoesto #hashtagcanreadthesameTweet. But if everything getshashtagged, all hashtags will go #everywhere and #nowhere.
Fair enough if that's our #goal.
Sounds insane, but insanity gets a bad rap. Give it space.
But I don't think this is our goal. People overuse hashtags because they don't know how to use them. It has taken me a year to get the hang of it. But I am getting confused again because #everythingisgettinghashtagged.
LeBron James sends out Tweets with hashtags and I read them in Sports Center's 6 o'clock news. He dunks basketballs.
I have an #idea. Instead of using the hashtag symbol, let's start using the @ symbol. The @ symbol is a lonely PC board key. Hardly ever touched in high-tech history, it needs to get out and see the world. It wants, and needs, to be #hit on.
By going all @ symbol, there will be no need any more for you to send out invitations to your birthday party that have the predictable and overused #HeyhastaggerscometomycribonSaturdaywherewedohashtaggingallnightlong.
This year your invitation could be @Myhousewearegoingtohashtagthenightaway. No hashtaggers are invited. #Digthat.
Where is the world @? @ what fork in the road have we reached with the @ and # symbols?
@ some point @ some time in the near future all of us need to figure out that #hashtags are not where it's @.
The @ and # symbols should find another world to confuse.
Tweet about this and include #everybody @ planet Earth. You will get retweeted.
But don't expect any Likes.
To do something you like, go to @ McDonalds and order #everything on the menu.
And tell the world to #@sepowoewoiiejejndncnncfbnbcbcbvcbb#@dddd—wkkwskkewk.