The hashtag has come a long way since its humble beginning. Nowadays, people use hashtags not only on Twitter, but on Instagram and Facebook too. I think it’s safe to say that hashtags have become a part of our daily lives (#craycray)!
But just because everyone uses hashtags, doesn’t mean that everyone uses them the right way. Do you?
DON’T Hashtag Sentences
Hashtags should be a single word or, at maximum, a short phrase. If a collegiette must use a hashtag sentence, please capitalize each word in the sentence so it makes it a little bit easier for the rest of the world to read. But in general, keep it short and sweet.
*Image from Strategexe.com
DON’T Hashtag Overhaul
If your hashtags take up an entire paragraph of space on my screen, then you are using too many hashtags, plain and simple. Let’s try to keep the limit to five, MAXIMUM.
DON’T Hashtag Randomness
This especially applies to Instagram. If you’re instagramming a picture of you and your roomie curling your hair, don’t hashtag something completely irrelevant to the picture, like #pumpkinspicelatte. It makes no sense and kind of comes across like you’re just fetching for random likes…
DO Participate in Hashtag Themes!
Selfie Sunday, Man Candy Monday, Transformation Tuesday, Women Crush Wednesday, Throwback Thursday, and Flashback Friday are fun themes that can be hashtagged! They are great ways to know why your friends posted pictures of shirtless actors (#mcm) and of your funny Snapchat faces (#wcw).
Happy hashtagging, collegiettes!
P.S Is “hashtagging” a word in the dictionary yet?