I don't
care if #MancrushMondays blue, #TransformationTuesdays grey and #WomancrushWednesdays
too. #ThrowbackThursdays, I don't care 'bout you. It's #FlashbackFridays, I'm
in love! If those days of the week seem familiar to you, then, congratulations!
You are officially a member of the #HashtagRevolution.
From
what was originally meant to timeline an event on your social network, it has
become the movement of Generation Z. Many flock to their smartphones to post
updates on their lives, thoughts, and ideas. Even the mighty Apple Industry has
caught wind of the hashtag, joining the infamous twitter bandwagon. That of
which resulted to the #iPhoneOnly culture on Twitter, Instagram, and the like.
They
aren't just metadata tags to categorize posts on social networking sites, they
are also social bucket lists that many enjoy following. #100HappyDays is the
perfect example of it. To post a 100 photos of your life in a hundred days
consecutively, who would have thought that anybody had the time to go through
with it?
The
#HashtagRevolution is so powerful, that it has already brought together an
actual revolution. In the 2009-2010 Iranian election, millions of twitter users rallied up against
the the debatable victory of Iranian President, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad with the
use of the hashtag. The likelihood of a candidate with a catchy hashtag winning
an election is far more greater than one who isn't campaigned online.
How far
will this culture go? Should we be expecting #JejeJanuary -s or #OksLangOctober-s
anytime soon? Or will it just die out like any other fad? With this fast paced,
fast growing culture of octothorpes, it might just last forever.
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