You are doing hashtags wrong — here’s why
3 min readJul 11, 2019
Hashtags are not always machine readable — and that excludes people.
I cannot think of anything less innocuous or ubiquitous than the good ol’ hashtag. They are literally #everywhere. Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, YouTube, TV programmes, advertising hoardings — there is barely a single facet of communication these days that does not include a helpful hashtag.