#Hashtag10: the best hashtag fails in a decade
by Edward Helmore in New York from on (#302RQ)
The 'funny little hack' started a decade ago with #barcamp, and now 125m of them are shared daily on Twitter alone - but not without a few misfires
The hashtag turns 10 today, and its inventor, Chris Messina - aka user no 1186 on Twitter - has explained how a small group of early Twitter users wanted to make conversations easier to follow.
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