Sherrilynne Starkie

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Facebook and hashtags: at long last

Sherrilynne Starkie

Facebook has introduced the use of hashtags ! Hashtags are the first step. Similar to other services like Instagram, Twitter, Tumblr, or Pinterest, hashtags on Facebook allow users to add context to a post or indicate that it is part of a larger discussion. No Good Shall Come From Facebook Hashtags. Related articles.

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Social media and Montreal’s student protests

Sherrilynne Starkie

I used the students’ own hashtag, #ggi, and asked them to retweet our messages. Since then, followers have grown to almost 55,000 in number – second only to New York City’s Twitter feed. During the protests the use of hashtags proved crucial. Since its launch the #manifencours hashtag has been used more than a million times.

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nBA Pulse: a new social analytics tool

Sherrilynne Starkie

The eliminates the need to have someone watching feeds and hashtag trends all the time. Pulse automatically sends an alert to identify potential crisis or positive social conversations before they go viral. Analysis of spikes. Volume spike analysis. This saves time and means easier reporting.no need for screenshots.

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Nine years of Twitter

Sherrilynne Starkie

To keep abreast of events as they happened, I spent that day with one eye out the window and the other on my Twitter feed. Hashtags too are really useful in following trends and conversation threads. Hootsuite partners with hashtag aggregator Tagboard to help brands display tweets. It is extremely efficient as a content channel.

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