Where would the world be without Hash?
Corned Beef, Lebanese Blonde, Algorithms, Tags, all types of
Hash.
Corned Beef Hash is especially good with egg or two
on it. Lebanese Blonde I just don't know, but I do know a
little bit about Hash Algorithms and Hash Tags.
Hash Algorithms take a long something and make it a
shorter something. For instance, if everyone lived where phone
numbers were 1+ (847) 738-xxxx you could just reference people by
their xxxx. I would be 1600.
Hash Tags (Hashtags) work a lot like that, if
everybody did not live in 1+ (847) 738-xxxx. Then if you referenced
1600 you'd get a whole bunch of 1600's from various area codes and
prefixes..
Hashtags begin with # and are followed by a brief
description. A Hashtag for Dragon Boating could be #dragonboat.
If you saw #dragonboat in a Facebook Post,
Tweet, Instagram, Pinterest, or other social media you could
click it and you would be taken to a page of what others have had
to say on the topic. Kind of like a Google search, except it's for
social media.
If you don't see one, don't worry, you can start
that conversation yourself. Just post up what you have to say on
the topic and include #dragonboat. You don't need to do anymore
than that. No setting up a page, no registering, it doesn't even
matter if it's already being used.
Click #dragonboat in your own post and you'll be
taken to a page of what others have had to say on the topic with
#dragonboat attached. If you're the first, then you're the first,
and others will be able to click and add their comments. If not,
you've joined the party.
Hashtags are neat that way. Facebook confines us
pretty much to our "Friends". In a very real way we
create our own Plato's Cave in Facebook. We Friend people we like,
un-Friend people who disagree with us, and "Like" some
pages but not others. Hashtags get us out of the cave, giving us a
chance to meet new people who we have something in common with but
may or may not agree with.
Try the Hash, step outside the cave, or
not, that's your call, and that's Cocktail Talk.
