I don't understand how people decide what hashtags to use. Whenever I post a link on Twitter to one of my blog posts, the hashtag that I randomly come up with never seems to be one that pops up in the magical list of tags. For my last post about not wanting to hold babies, I typed in #babies and a list came up that had one of the top selections as #babiesareexpensive. That's a popular tag? I clearly do not have my finger on the pulse of pop culture.
Another issue I have with hashtags is the words running together, like in the expensive babies one. I was watching ESPN this morning and noticed they had a hashtag (or maybe it was an @ thingy) that said #watchespn. I read this as "watches pn." I know that's not what they meant, but that's how my brain wanted it.
There is a reason why spaces and punctuation were created. Thoughts need some space, which means words need some space. And if life is about being creative and individual, then why is it a good skill to come up with the same hashtags as everyone else? Unless you're in marketing.
I have been at events where someone will announce that everyone should use #thisthingIamtellingyou. I have never followed that suggestion. I guess that means I'm #missingoutonsomething. This may make me a hashtag idiot, but I am definitely not a #idiot.
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